And so farwell to any possibility of a second Cameron term

[ffutures]

According to the Evening Standard, which is admittedly right-wing nutter heaven, our beloved leader wants to "fix 120,000 problem families", "End the human rights culture" and impose "citizen service for 16-year-olds"

Words fail me. So let's try a totally unbiased poll...

[Poll #1769880]

Is there anyone who thinks that the Lib-Dems will survive this coalition, whether or not the Conservatives do?

Comments

[ffutures.livejournal.com]

It's amazing that neither party has ever split.

[autopope.livejournal.com]

What, forgotten 1981 already?

The great tragedy of British late 20th century politics is that the Gang of Four walked into the wilderness, leaving the mass Labour movement to the most illiberal and authoritarian factions.

[ffutures.livejournal.com]

I meant Republicans and Democrats!

[heliograph.livejournal.com]

There's really three parties in the US: Republicans, Democrats, and Undecideds/Unaligned/Independants.

They split all the time. During the 92 and 96 elections the Republicans effectively sheared off what eventually became the Reform Party. The dissidents usually only last a few election cycles before rejoining one or the other.

I have high, high hopes for the Tea Party. If they effectively split the undecideds and the Republicans, they may have staying power.

[ffutures.livejournal.com]

From a Brit perspective they look even crazier than the Republicans, which I don't really find reassuring.

[heliograph.livejournal.com]

They mostly seem keen on spending less money, so that should add up to fewer invasions. But the most likely result is a split Republican/Independent vote, which'll hand things back to the Dems, which didn't really work out that well for them the last time.

[heliograph.livejournal.com]

They mostly seem keen on spending less money, so that should add up to fewer invasions. But the most likely result is a split Republican/Independent vote, which'll hand things back to the Dems, which didn't really work out that well for them the last time.

(PS LJ just popped up an ad which had audio... turned all the way up. So this may be the last time I use LJ).

[ffutures.livejournal.com]

You shouldn't be seeing that on my journal, I have a permanent account and no ads should a appear. It's probably a glitch rather than something that should be there.