The eternal Coalition: Perfect for politicians, lousy for the rest of us
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The eternal Coalition: Perfect for politicians, lousy for the rest of us
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Originally Posted by Peter Hitchens
The monstrous birth of a new Liberal Conservative Party is now certain. One of its midwives is Sir John Major of Maastricht and Black Friday.
A few weeks ago I drew attention to the amazing remarks of Francis Maude, a close ally of David Cameron, who said he would prefer a coalition to a Tory majority after the next Election. I am sure Mr Cameron agrees with this. Now, Sir John – another close Cameron ally – has called for a permanent alliance of two of our three parties against the people of Britain.
Not that he put it quite like that. In a little-noticed but important speech in Cambridge, he said that he liked the Coalition and hoped some way could be found ‘to prolong co-operation beyond this Parliament’. This, he said, could lead to a realignment of British politics.
He recalled that the Tories had an informal pact with the Liberals in 1951, which probably saved that party from oblivion. He didn’t say – but most Liberals know – that they will need something similar to save them from massacre at the next Election.
This is revolutionary stuff. And I am grateful to Mr Major, whose strange, mealy, roundabout way of speaking often reveals more than he means it to. Because he also explained the attraction of coalitions – to politicians: ‘Two parties are more likely to enjoy a tolerant electorate for policies that are painful.'
Or, in other words, that a coalition can ram through unpopular policies (Mr Major is an expert on those) more easily than one-party governments. This is, of course, even more the case when the third party actually agrees with the Coalition about almost everything, and is still trying to work out how to pretend to be the Opposition, when it doesn’t really want to oppose.
What a perfect outcome for the political class – two liberal parties in permanent power, pro-EU, pro-crime, anti-education, anti-marriage, warmist. And an Opposition that doesn’t oppose. A pity about the rest of us.
Well there we have it, yet another 'conservative' who wants a ongoing coalition between the Tories and the Liberal Democrats. To pick up on the point Hitchens raises and what is something i've noticed; has anybody else noticed that Labour actually isn't really opposing anything as opposition? (at least in the sense that, they agree with the ConDem government but say they don't in order to gain votes just as the Conservatives did when they were the 'opposition')
More evidence if needed that these three parties are the exact same on every major issue (and i'd challenge anyone to find a major policy they disagree on), more so the Tories and Labour. We could have very well of had a Labour-Conservative government after the election and it would still be the same - or we could of had a Conservative government and it would be the exact same - or what about a Labour-Liberal government? Ask yourself, would anything be different at all in terms of policy? no, it would not be just as this government is no different from the last government.
Thoughts on the permanent coalition and Labour?
