[Osem]

There is of course an entirely understandable range of opinion here about how the new government will perform, how long it will last etc. Having arrived at where we are, what I find hard to stomach, however, are those who, to satisfy their own pathetic, blind (sometimes vicious) political prejudice actually want this coalition to fail. Make no mistake, the stakes are very high and if this coalition collapses, UK PLC will be all the worse off - quite possibly a terminal case requiring emergency intervention such as that being provided to Greece.

If Brown and New Labour had won I wouldn't be happy about it and would probably be packing my bags to start a new life elsewhere. Whilst I would be predicting doom, I wouldn't be hoping for it just to show everyone how right I was and how my politics are the only way forward. All right minded people should be hoping that this new arrangement works for the good of us all. Yes, healthy scepticism is no bad thing but neither is healthy optimism and thanks to Bliar we've already had enough of the former to last a lifetime so how about we all start pulling together??.. Sadly there are too many people out there whose opinions on the Tories in particular are based on little more than hysterical, inaccurate and often deliberately distorted information mostly relating to Thatcher's time. My hope and belief is that things have moved on. People and policies have changed and we now have the opportunity to pull together to get this country out of the most serious financial crisis since WWII. I want this Government to work because I want a better Britain. The more people who now open their minds to the possibility of a new, positive, era in UK politics, the more likely it will be that we get one and vice versa.