[danielf]

Originally Posted by Chris

Realistically, how would a Lib-Lab coalition work? How could it possibly work? The Liberal Democrats, AFAIK, are committed to reversing a lot of the odious, authoritarian outrages Labour has put on our statute book over the past 13 years, like the way the DNA database is used, the national ID card, rights of protest, 28 day detention.

Is Labour really going to agree to repeal any or all of that as the price of staying in power? Or are we actually going to get nothing more than the odd token concession, such as the so-called 'proportional' voting system Gord has in mind (AV, the 'Alternative Vote' system, which the Electoral Reform Society regards as "... not a proportional system, and can in fact be more disproportional than FPTP.")

Good points Chris. And valid reasons for preferring a Conservative/LibDem coalition. Personally, I'm not sure which way I want it to go. Just that change is needed (for the longer term) and that the LibDems need to be part of it. For me, Electoral Reform and Civil Liberties are two major issues, and the Tories seem more likely to act on those than Labour.