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Originally Posted by Taf
Brown obviously doesn't want to be in power again... too much mess to clear up, and it goes against the natural order of things: Labour puts us in debt; Conservatives get us out of debt; ad infinitum.....
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And quite promptly put us right back there. So, the cycle continues.
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Originally Posted by Chris
Given the maths put forward by the Observer, which Clegg is doubtless well aware of, it's hard to see his position as being anything else. He may not have said "I declare my support for the Tories" - why would he, there's nothing to gain from it - but the most likely outcome of Clegg's "ethical principle" is clear.
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Neither ethics nor principles are mutually exclusive, as nor are they from politicians, who see these concepts as movable feasts.