Poor Danny Alexander, who is well on course to lose his own seat, seems to imagine that anyone would want to deal with the Lib Dems in the next Parliament. Or even have any need to do so.
The Lib Dems are claiming to have exercised a restraining influence, thereby keeping the Coalition "on the centre ground".
So remember, this Government is what the Lib Dems' restraining influence looks like, and it stands on the Lib Dems' definition of the centre ground.
Remember, and vote accordingly.
They've made the Tories abandon any moderately Right wing thing they ever said they'd do in 2010.
ReplyDeleteThe Tories vowed to repeal the Human Rights Act, abolish inheritance tax, cut the "employment tax", jail knife criminals first time and give a "cast iron" referendum on the EU Constitution.
Which of those things has Cameron done? And what party is the excuse he's used not to do them?
The Lib Dems are right.
Danny Alexander is right. Which is why half the Tory activists have left and so many of it's voters have sensibly migrated to UKIP.
ReplyDeleteCameron was pilloried by the Lect when he vowed in 2007 to introduce a Married Couples Tax Allowance.
Has he done that? And which party has he blamed for not doing so?
Cameron was pilloried by the Left when he vowed to repeal the Human Rights Act.
Has he done that? And which party has he blamed for not doing so?
He gave a "cast iron guarantee" of a referendum when Gordon Brown rammed through the EU Constitution.
Has he done that? And which party has he blamed for not having done so?
I could go through the list of broken Tory election pledges; from inheritance tax to employers National Insurance to first time jail terms for knife carriers, to the crippling 40p tax rate to reducing immigration to "tens of thousands".
He vowed to reduce immigration to tens of thousands- it has INCREASED.
Every Tory promise has been broken.
Danny Alexander is right.
Point proved.
ReplyDeleteIndeed.
ReplyDeleteIf your point was that the Lib Dems have been remarkably successful in giving David Cameron an excuse to abandon the entire Tory manifesto-or all the parts of it that were remotely conservative.
Was that your point?