Yesterday marked an important landmark in British political history; the first coalition government since 1945. Hopefully the beginning of a new political scene...
After the dissapointing loss of five seats in parliament - my spirits were rather low on Friday morning. It was as if 'Cleggmania' had never ceased to exsist.
Although, it soon emerged Nick Clegg would be the 'Kingmaker' of Britain's future government, therefore despite having lost the election, the Lib Dems were in perhaps the most powerful position. Then followed the chaos/excitement (however you look at it) of the following six days...
The Result: A Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition.
With David Cameron as Prime Minister and Nick Clegg as Deputy.
Vince Cable, Chris Huhne, David Laws, Danny Alexander alongside Nick; will occupy seats in Cameron's Cabinet. An exciting occasion as the Cabinet has been 'forbidden territory' for the Lib Dems for all too long.
The Con-Lib marriage and David Cameron becoming Prime Minister...
I cannot say I like the Conservatives. I cannot say I like Cameron being Prime Minister.
But, as the election campaign has progressed I will admit that I have grown to tolerate Cameron, perhaps even admire him at times - especially after having watched his impressive performances in Parliament during the PMQs (to Gordon Brown) on several occasions.
I would however; never vote Tory. They have far too many outrageous policies which engulf the odd few which seem just-about sensible.
However, I do believe that the actions and behaviour of both parties over the past week has been both noble and admirable.
The Conservatives; centre right. The Liberals; centre left.
Surely this should not work?
But; they have made it work.
For once, political parties have put the best interest of our country over party politics.
And the result; the stable government we so urgently need to conquer our financial problems.
Clegg, Cameron and their corresponding teams I believe, have been a credit to the country.
Yes there were sacrifices. Yes there will be moments of conflict.
But there will be stability. And Britain will be pulled out from this recession.
I worry many Lib Dem supporters will loose confidence in their party as a result of the Lib-Con coalition. I hope the few who feel let down and dissapointed will realise it was for the greater good. In a nutshell here are the reasons why I believe it was a good agreement, despite the fact it resulted in a Tory government.
'The Big Three'
1. Stability:
A Lib-Lab Coalition would not have provided this. Although the two parties are more similar as they are both left wing parties, their coalition would not have formed a majority in parliament.
Forcing Labour to persuade smaller parties e.g. The SNP to join what would become a complex and unstable parliament. This would take time we do not have to spare in our current economic situation. That time would potentially be wasted; as it is likely the finished coalition would be incredibly unstable and indeceisive.
2. Fairness:
I hate to say this. But although the Tories did not win the election, they did have the biggest share of votes, therefore would it really be fair for all the losers to 'gang up' on them?
Not only would this be unfair on the Tory party who have put so much effort (and alot of money!) into campaigning but it would be unfair on those who voted for them. The Lib Dems claim to stand for fairness and therefore I think a Lib-Con coalition was the right deceision taken by Nick Clegg.
3. Neutrality:
I believe that the coalition could be said to give a fair representation of what the country wanted.
The Conservatives naturally represent those who voted Conservative, whilst the Lib Dems not only represent those who voted for them but perhaps it could be said they also help voice some of the 'left wing ideas' which are similar to those of Labour's.
An Acid and Alkali reaction; neutralisation; as both left and right wing policies will form this government instead of predominantly just one.
I really hope the Lib-Con 'marriage' works out and that the Lib Dems haven't lost support through perhaps an unpopular but wise decision.
Perhaps Nick Clegg foresaw the events of this week at the start of the election, where he repeated how he wanted to see "parties work together" in that very first live TV debate.
It's a good job he wanted it - because he got just that.
After the dissapointing loss of five seats in parliament - my spirits were rather low on Friday morning. It was as if 'Cleggmania' had never ceased to exsist.
Although, it soon emerged Nick Clegg would be the 'Kingmaker' of Britain's future government, therefore despite having lost the election, the Lib Dems were in perhaps the most powerful position. Then followed the chaos/excitement (however you look at it) of the following six days...
The Result: A Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition.
With David Cameron as Prime Minister and Nick Clegg as Deputy.
Vince Cable, Chris Huhne, David Laws, Danny Alexander alongside Nick; will occupy seats in Cameron's Cabinet. An exciting occasion as the Cabinet has been 'forbidden territory' for the Lib Dems for all too long.
The Con-Lib marriage and David Cameron becoming Prime Minister...
I cannot say I like the Conservatives. I cannot say I like Cameron being Prime Minister.
But, as the election campaign has progressed I will admit that I have grown to tolerate Cameron, perhaps even admire him at times - especially after having watched his impressive performances in Parliament during the PMQs (to Gordon Brown) on several occasions.
I would however; never vote Tory. They have far too many outrageous policies which engulf the odd few which seem just-about sensible.
However, I do believe that the actions and behaviour of both parties over the past week has been both noble and admirable.
The Conservatives; centre right. The Liberals; centre left.
Surely this should not work?
But; they have made it work.
For once, political parties have put the best interest of our country over party politics.
And the result; the stable government we so urgently need to conquer our financial problems.
Clegg, Cameron and their corresponding teams I believe, have been a credit to the country.
Yes there were sacrifices. Yes there will be moments of conflict.
But there will be stability. And Britain will be pulled out from this recession.
I worry many Lib Dem supporters will loose confidence in their party as a result of the Lib-Con coalition. I hope the few who feel let down and dissapointed will realise it was for the greater good. In a nutshell here are the reasons why I believe it was a good agreement, despite the fact it resulted in a Tory government.
'The Big Three'
1. Stability:
A Lib-Lab Coalition would not have provided this. Although the two parties are more similar as they are both left wing parties, their coalition would not have formed a majority in parliament.
Forcing Labour to persuade smaller parties e.g. The SNP to join what would become a complex and unstable parliament. This would take time we do not have to spare in our current economic situation. That time would potentially be wasted; as it is likely the finished coalition would be incredibly unstable and indeceisive.
2. Fairness:
I hate to say this. But although the Tories did not win the election, they did have the biggest share of votes, therefore would it really be fair for all the losers to 'gang up' on them?
Not only would this be unfair on the Tory party who have put so much effort (and alot of money!) into campaigning but it would be unfair on those who voted for them. The Lib Dems claim to stand for fairness and therefore I think a Lib-Con coalition was the right deceision taken by Nick Clegg.
3. Neutrality:
I believe that the coalition could be said to give a fair representation of what the country wanted.
The Conservatives naturally represent those who voted Conservative, whilst the Lib Dems not only represent those who voted for them but perhaps it could be said they also help voice some of the 'left wing ideas' which are similar to those of Labour's.
An Acid and Alkali reaction; neutralisation; as both left and right wing policies will form this government instead of predominantly just one.
I really hope the Lib-Con 'marriage' works out and that the Lib Dems haven't lost support through perhaps an unpopular but wise decision.
Perhaps Nick Clegg foresaw the events of this week at the start of the election, where he repeated how he wanted to see "parties work together" in that very first live TV debate.
It's a good job he wanted it - because he got just that.
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