And in the meantime, the price the LibDems will charge is electoral reform which could shut the Tories out of power for a generation by some pessimistic readings.
itll be interesting to see what happens
reports are the Tories simply won’t and can’t move on PR voting and that’s Clegg’s #1 goal. BBC also says a lot of Tories are peeved at Cameron and the result and they start talking soon, airing their grievances.
Brown(or whoever replaces him if he’s pushed out)probably can give PR if that’s what it takes to stay in power.
Cameron has a tough choice. In the US context it would sort of be like if in 2012 the GOP knows they can beat Obama by winning a certain state, but only if they agree to violate a key principle like agreeing to keep the health care law or agreeing to not appoint an anti Roe Justice. It’d be a tough call.
The Conservatives have been out for 13 yrs. This was supposed to be their best shot in years. If they let it slip who knows when they get another one.
Although if the reports are true that PR would effectively lock them out of winning for the next 50 years, it might not be worth it.
What do you think happens? I’m guessling Labor dumps Brown for Milliband or Harman and the new leader agrees to PR with Clegg. They can then claim change since there’ll be a new PM(If it’s Harman they might even get nice boost from having a woman PM), Clegg is happy with the PR change, and they agree more on most things than the Libs and the Conservatives do.(Apparently PR will ensure Labor/lib dem dominance for the foreseeable future)
Brown comes out looking like a statesman for putting his party and the country above his personal ambition. Labor and the Lib Dems are both happy.