Saturday 8 May 2010

Coalition anyone?

I think Clegg was right to say that the Tories should have the first stab at forming a government.
Although there was no clear winner in Thursday's election the best performance came from the Tories. Labour suffered badly and the Lib Dems, despite all the hype, lost seats.

Mind you, I'm not at all sure the Tories should want to lead a coalition or form a minority government. As the Governor of the Bank of England has said, whichever party applies the fiscal medicine could find itself out of power for a decade.

There would a poetic justice in making Labour sort out the mess it created through years of unsustainable increases in public expenditure. If the Lib Dems want to share the opprobrium which will descend on the Labour Party when the 'cuts' are made, so be it.

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