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BBKing · 21-06-2007, 19:10

Would the small part of government they were in mean that they had to drop their principled opposition to huge swathes of Labour policy (ID cards, for one)? If so, it's far too high a price to pay.

There's also a strong movement among younger Lib Dems in the direction of free market small government, moving to the right of the centrist Tories on this. This doesn't sit well with clunking fist Gordon and his high-tax high-public-spending ways. Splitting the LDs might have been in Gordon's calculation, banking on a vocal minority causing trouble for Ming if he'd allowed Paddy to become Norn Iron secretary (which is largely ceremonial, anyway).

Anyway, I voted Lib Dem last election, not Labour, for a reason - I didn't want a Labour MP. I got one, anyway, but I didn't bloody want her.

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BBKing R.I.P. Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: London Services: 20Mb VM CM, Virgin TV Posts: 5,983	Re: Lib Dems in Brown's Government? Would the small part of government they were in mean that they had to drop their principled opposition to huge swathes of Labour policy (ID cards, for one)? If so, it's far too high a price to pay. There's also a strong movement among younger Lib Dems in the direction of free market small government, moving to the right of the centrist Tories on this. This doesn't sit well with clunking fist Gordon and his high-tax high-public-spending ways. Splitting the LDs might have been in Gordon's calculation, banking on a vocal minority causing trouble for Ming if he'd allowed Paddy to become Norn Iron secretary (which is largely ceremonial, anyway). Anyway, I voted Lib Dem last election, not Labour, for a reason - I didn't want a Labour MP. I got one, anyway, but I didn't bloody want her.