Why no talk of a Tory-LibDem Coalition?

[d000hg]

We talk about LabLibDem but if Tories get a non-majority, who would they team up with?

[cojak]

They aren't natural bed-fellows...

[Doggy Styles]

SNP - Only likely to get about 15 MPs and they are lefties, but they have a common enemy in Labour, and giving more Scottish independence would scotch Labour's principle power-base in the UK.

UKIP - not likely to have many MPs, if any.

The Irish - I've forgotten who is what over there, but I think some are Tory-minded.

Frank Field - only likely to be one MP though

[DaveB]

LibDems are still largely a democratically run party with strong influence from the grass roots level on party policy. The majority of LibDem party members wouldn't wear a LibCon pact even if Conservative Central Office wanted it.

Apart from policy differences thats the big differentiator between the LibDems and Labour/Conservative. The two main parties are very tightly controlled from the center and the membership has very little say in party policy.

[VectraMan]

LibDem policies seem to be more left wing than Labour (i.e. less tax for the poor, promising to pay for it with tax rises for the rich and anti-avoidance measures that we know won't work, not paying back the deficit, etc.). Perhaps a Lab-Con coalition is more likely than a Lib-Con.

[Platypus]

They aren't natural bed-fellows...

<snigger>

[sasguru]

<snigger>

What he said. The Tories will sleep with anyone provided they have an orange in their mouth, a whip and fishnet stockings.

[Mich the Tester]

What he said. Etonians will sleep with anyone provided they have an orange in their mouth, a whip and fishnet stockings.

ftfy

[DodgyAgent]

ftfy

There is a lot of bigotry flying around. There seems to be a lot of elitist snobs who are distinctly uneasy about being looked down upon by Etonians.

[Mich the Tester]

There is a lot of bigotry flying around. There seems to be a lot of elitist snobs who are distinctly uneasy about being looked down upon by Etonians.

Eton has a reputation among the public schools. Westminster's worse though, and that's Nick Clegg's school.