Race Still on for the Lib Dems
Three full days after the election and we still don’t know what is going to happen.
As I rightly predicted on election night, many hours before the final result, I said that our whole Government’s future would hinge on the Lib Dems – and that remains the case.
Brown is sneaking around the Foreign Office – is he meeting Clegg or is he set to resign?
Also Clegg is in his seventh hour of formal talks with Cameron.
My advice would be to get steady Government as soon as possible.
The problem is that a Labour and Lib Dem coalition fails to reach the 326 needed. It simply is not an option.
I think a basic Cons/LD coalition is now looking like the safe bet. Yes, it might be hard to swallow for some Lib Dems, but it will give them proper legitimacy and auhority in Government for the first time. And given the Lib Dem numbers were down, wouldn’t you snatch that?
And senior Tories are willing to compromise on electoral reform.
It’s a no-brainer – it would give us the stability we need and steady the ship and no doubt, we will be back at the polls in a year or two.
