Stiffed and Disappointed
An interesting evening. In my mind I'm going to put what's best for the country ahead of my rabid hatred of the Tory ethos. (I was going to say "ethic" but it's an oxymoron.) As someone somewhere said this is better than the other option, which would Tebbit and Letwin et. al. with a chainsaw in one hand and the keys to the country in the other. Anyone wishfully thinking this coalition will fail is misguided. It's a new right-centre powerhouse that will leave Labour out in the cold for a long time unless they return to their roots - campaigning for social equality and pointing out the inequities being forced through by the Tories. Not playing centre politics like they have been for the last 15 years. The annoying aspect is that the Tories have finally and accidentally got the modernisation they were desperately casting around for - and it's been handed to them by the party I supported financially and with my vote for the last 20, primarily with the aim to keep the Tories out. But the wrong thing to do now would be to go with my gut and scuttle off to Labour. It was their fault this happened - they listened to their backbenchers and leftie bloggers who have all suffered torrid election campaigns against Lib Dem opposition, the Labour old guard came out against electoral reform and it all fell to bits. And in any case, Dave is on paternity in a few weeks, so we'll have a Lib Dem Prime Minister. For a bit.