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Old 16-05-2010, 19:29   #390
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Re: [Update] The Liberal-Conservative Coalition

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Originally Posted by foreverwar View Post
You appear to be slightly confused - it was Labour's attempts to form a coalition that was going to be a "rainbow" coalition (Labour, LibDems, SDLP, PC, SNP, Greens).

But much like a rainbow, there wasn't much substance to it, no one could find the beginning or end of it, and the only crock at the end of it was Ed Balls.
I believe that there used to be a Pot of Gold at the end, but unfortunately Gordon sold it.

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Originally Posted by Chris View Post
Well, the frothing, angry columnists on the lunatic fringes, both Left and Right, will be seething. A special conference of Lib Dem activists has 'overwhelmingly' backed Nick Clegg's coalition deal with Cameron:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/8685341.stm
Yep

They didn't need to put it to Conference, given that the "triple lock" was already satisfied due to more than 3/4 of MPs and 3/4 of Federal Executive members approving the Coalition deal, but it was still good of them to give the Members a chance to discuss it & show support.
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