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Thread #129234   Message #2903006
Posted By: Lox
09-May-10 - 07:50 AM
Thread Name: BS: Can the LibDems Win?
Subject: RE: BS: Can the LibDems Win?
Not Quite the accurate overview.

Certainly that is the view of the tories, that substantial cuts will have to be made straight away, but labour disagree and claim that they would make cuts more gradually on the basis that cutting too much too soon could be to starve the economy of oxygen as it were.

There are also different approaches on the matter of where to make cuts, and who to tax.

In Short, yes all parties will make enemies of some sort, but they will make different enemies.

The Libs and Labour are more likely to make enemies in the financial sector, while the tories are likely to punish the most vulnerable in society.

On the subject of analyisis and predictions ...

I'm starting to wonder whether the libs might jump in with the tories after all.

The language that the libs and tories are using suggests that they are moving into a new phase of negotiation and that they may be comng near to making a deal.

I can handle this as long as there is a referendum on PR.

If Clegg jumps in with Cameron and this commitment is not made then he can kiss his career goodbye and the libs can kiss their chances goodbye for years to come and they will be known as the party who betrayed their faithful.

It will be interesting to see what happens.