Hard to know what to say about a marriage made in hell except that a majority of voters did not vote for a Conservative Liberal Democrat coalition. It wasn't on the ballot.
Personally I cannot see it lasting for a full term because even Lib. Dems are not that naive [ though Clegg may well be ] to believe that the Tories are going to modify their behaviour or their basic policies to anything that can be remotely described as fair. Less than a week in and there's a nasty smell in the air.
George Osborne is ramming through the £6Bn cuts in a week... which means he must have had them up his sleeve all along. Setting up an 'independent' economic forecasting quango is a real doozy too. Means he can ignore what the Treasury is saying and carry on regardless. Bet he didn't run that one past Vince Cable first. He's been side lined and if the banks aren't kept on side then Cable can be blamed, sidelined and then quietly removed. Vince certainly has so little influence now he may as well retire.
Creating enough Tory peers to ram bills through Parliament [ whilst being so generous to Nick's side. Some Lord's reform ] so that Cameron can gerrymander the boundaries, voting system and parliamentary reform. Bet they don't get around to repealing all those 'anti-libertarian' acts that Henry Porter hated NuLabour for. Going to come in useful when the natives get restless.
Europe? Who wants to get closer to that cluster fuck? Means Cameron can get the press on side towards disengagement and away from a European social model and move towards the Americanisation of the 'Big Society'. Any rich, Tory philanthropists out there?
Make no mistake about it. The Tories have an agenda. Remember how much Cameron didn't say during the election. Leaves the field clear because he promised sweet FA. Clegg has been bedazzled. I wonder how long it will be before he realises this is a devil's bargain.
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