FR7 Baptist
Active Member
They're still wanting to talk to the Lib-Dems and have even offered them a referendum on electoral reform, which is a massive concession for them, but in return for this they want the return of prominent right-wingers to a Conservative-LD administration: Michael Howard, Iain Duncan Smith and David Davies in particular (look 'em up on wiki!).
I'm more depressed by the fact that we STILL don't have a viable government here and I really do fear the worst when the markets reopen tomorrow morning; we got a breather today because of the Euro bailout bounce but I expect sterling and the FTSE to fall through the floor tomorrow morning (or Wednesday at the latest if we're lucky), with dire consequences for the economy.
I don't think a coalition government will be very stable, especially if it's a Labour- Lib Dem- smaller parties one. I suspect it won't be too long before you head back to the polls. BTW, aren't British politics somewhat to the left of US politics? I've always had that impression. By US standards I'm a left-winger who leans conservative on some social issues; I wonder where I'd fit in on the UK political spectrum.