"The dozen or so raving socialists posting here can't assume that millions of others are like minded."

Ah, a true blue attitude. One thing about the Tories (and I used to be a party member) is that they have no idea that people on the whole are intelligent and compassionate enough to understand their votes actually have an effect and exercise their franchise with this in mind.

Now is the time to jettison the old paradigm of self and take a step on the road of progressive politics to benefit all strata of society, not just the rich and scared. If Clegg doesn't recognise that most of the electorate desire this sea-change in parliamentary politics and gets in bed with the Tories then that will be potentially disastrous unless electoral reform is on the cards. Even then, Wales and Scotland will have no voice in parliament under a Con-Lib pact and we all know how the Tories feel about the parties in the devolved countries; it could set politics back for years.