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Originally Posted by Anonymouse
I don't know about any of this. On the one hand, don't the Tories have a majority, slimmer than a supermodel though it is?
On the other hand, it's interesting how quickly opposing parties jumped into bed with each other, isn't it? Ostensibly their ideals and principles (don't laugh, I'm not being sarcastic...yet) are incompatible, so the whole coalition idea seems a bit hypocritical.
I still think Harold Saxon, a.k.a. the Master, had the right idea. He knew what to do with people who would so readily abandon their principles and jump on the band wagon: he gassed 'em all!
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I don't think it's a matter of abandoning principles. Compromise yes, abandoning no. If you're going to work together there will have to be some give and take, and working together was the best option given the outcome of the election. The Tories don't have an outright majority by themselves. Together with the Lib Dems they do. Personally, I like the compromise. The most extreme policies of both parties are shelved, and the result is fairly centrist which I think is good for the long term.
Plus, over 60% of the voters voted for one of the parties in power. That's got to be a good thing.