Damien

It is responsible to hold the parties to account somewhat on their pre-election promises. We have to accept that not all of them can be done and there will be an element of mix and match between the parties but the collation is not an excuse for the government to be exempt from being held to account when either party is diverging from what they promised their voters.

I can easily understand why Lib Dem voters feel betrayed that the party they voted for, who were against tuition fees, have now helped pass a policy increasing them.

Personally I dislike manifestos anyway. I don't think a government can be held responsible for promises made when events and circumstances can change over the course of a parliament. They should be less ambitious in terms of what policies to enact and broader in setting out ideals and visions that will influence policy over the course of the government.