I was in big trouble at the Sight with some of my broker friends (yes, I do have some!) who were seriously worried when I was overheard in the coffee shop expressing a view to another broker friend that I might vote Liberal Democrat. However, when I saw the final televised debate I decided to vote Conservative, especially as I live in a constituency where voting Liberal would have made little sense.
Thank goodness that Gordon Brown’s administration has finally drawn to a close and with it a cynical and discredited administration which presented to the public no clear vision of Britain’s future while indulging in a hopelessly negative and divisive election campaign.
The British people had delivered their verdict, even if it was a rather ambiguous one, reflecting disillusionment not only with Mr Brown but also with the British political class over the expenses scandal.
However, the reasons for which I was considering voting Lib Dem are actually coming to fruition because apparently in Cameron we have a pragmatic ‘one nation’ Tory and in Clegg (who is interestingly exactly the same age) he seems to have found someone with whom he can do business in forming a coalition government which hopefully will command the authority and respect required to tackle the grim legacy of Mr Brown’s boom to bust policies.
Hopefully this coalition, the first for 70 years, will usher in a period of more consensual and co-operative politics which will please more of the people more of the time and reduce the influence of the rabid Tory Right and silly Liberal left.
Possibly Cameron is the statesman-like and pragmatic Prime Minister that the British people have been waiting for. The Labour party will now be obliged to take a long, hard look at themselves and decide what they represent and whether they are going to return to old Labour or new Labour or reinvent themselves completely.
Thank goodness that Gordon Brown’s administration has finally drawn to a close and with it a cynical and discredited administration which presented to the public no clear vision of Britain’s future while indulging in a hopelessly negative and divisive election campaign.
The British people had delivered their verdict, even if it was a rather ambiguous one, reflecting disillusionment not only with Mr Brown but also with the British political class over the expenses scandal.
However, the reasons for which I was considering voting Lib Dem are actually coming to fruition because apparently in Cameron we have a pragmatic ‘one nation’ Tory and in Clegg (who is interestingly exactly the same age) he seems to have found someone with whom he can do business in forming a coalition government which hopefully will command the authority and respect required to tackle the grim legacy of Mr Brown’s boom to bust policies.
Hopefully this coalition, the first for 70 years, will usher in a period of more consensual and co-operative politics which will please more of the people more of the time and reduce the influence of the rabid Tory Right and silly Liberal left.
Possibly Cameron is the statesman-like and pragmatic Prime Minister that the British people have been waiting for. The Labour party will now be obliged to take a long, hard look at themselves and decide what they represent and whether they are going to return to old Labour or new Labour or reinvent themselves completely.
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