[Update] The Liberal-Conservative Coalition

Originally Posted by Arthurgray50@blu

bookmakers are taking bets round where l live, on how long it will last, the last time it last 119 days. There was a colation government, it didn't last.

Some Lib Dems voters l know, have vowed not to vote Libs again, due to this partnership.

The problem with some people in this country is that they have their head so far stuck in the past (and up their arse if I may say so).

This is a brand new era of politics. This has the potential to be history in the making. A brand new start and yet barely a day has passed of the new Coalition Government and some people react like they want it to fail already.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politi...10/8677933.stm

We agree to establish a committee to bring forward proposals for a wholly or mainly elected upper chamber on the basis of proportional representation. The committee will come forward with a draft motions by December 2010. It is likely that this bill will advocate single long terms of office. It is also likely there will be a grandfathering system for current Peers. In the interim, Lords appointments will be made with the objective of creating a second chamber reflective of the share of the vote secured by the political parties in the last general election.

[iadom]

Originally Posted by Arthurgray50@blu

bookmakers are taking bets round where l live, on how long it will last, the last time it last 119 days. There was a colation government, it didn't last.

The last time there was a coalition government was during the last war, and that just about lasted until the end of hostilities, so several years.

The last Lib/Lab pact was not a coalition.

Originally Posted by iadom

The last time there was a coalition government was during the last war, and that just about lasted until the end of hostilities, so several years.

The last Lib/Lab pact was not a coalition.

But that was an Arthur Rantâ„¢, Iadom ... facts are irrelevant.

[Sirius]

Originally Posted by Arthurgray50@blu

bookmakers are taking bets round where l live, on how long it will last, the last time it last 119 days. There was a colation government, it didn't last.

Some Lib Dems voters l know, have vowed not to vote Libs again, due to this partnership.

Arthur

why do i think you are one of those stuck in the past. Bet you still think the earth is flat.

[papa smurf]

Originally Posted by Sirius

Arthur

why do i think you are one of those stuck in the past. Bet you still think the earth is flat.

the bit he can see is

[injuneer]

Pencil this date in your diary 28/10/2010. That's when the Mirror reckons the next election will be. Optimism at its best!

http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/top-sto...5875-22252080/

[iadom]

Of course they do say that the last person to enter the Houses of Parliament who fully intended to carry out his promises was Guy Fawkes.

[Hom3r]

Originally Posted by injuneer

At least we won't get a 3rd runway at Heathrow! (and probably no crossrail either)

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/london/8678282.stm

Thanks for that good news

Because of that people I know will be made out of work as there company will move into europe. Getting rid of 200 British jobs, making it harder for me to get a job in the field I have spent 15 years training for and spent £15,000k approx.

And some of the Tory voters here have suggest I must make do and get a job that pays £10,000 a year less.

[Ignitionnet]

Could you supply some details for the above post.

Would be useful if you could say which company will move to Europe, why this will make it harder for you to get a job in your field, and what the field that takes 15 years and 15k to train in is.

I personally think you should aim as high as possible and pursue as aggressively as possible. Your post doesn't make a huge amount of sense as it is though, can't be many businesses that will dump the UK purely due to the lack of a 3rd runway at Heathrow.

[Hom3r]

I will not name the company here.

But it is a small company that supplies a bigger company.

Sorry I don't know why I typed 15k, it should have been 5k.

I have spent that retraining to keep my skills current, and will hopefully allow me to side shift my career.

[Ignitionnet]

Swings and roundabouts. The intention to invest in high speed rail as a replacement for a third runway will generate jobs. One door closes another opens, etc.

If the company were so reliant on a single project they'd have probably left anyway to be honest. That said if they're a small company it seems a bit weird they'd make 200 people redundant in the UK and move operations to Europe. Doesn't fit my definition of 'small'

I have no idea what your skills are - if they're in IT the job market in the fields I get contacted over, largely networking, has picked up significantly.

The economy sucks, the case for a 3rd runway was always precarious not to mention that the government stamped on a lot of people's rights and indeed the law to ram it through.

Sorry you're suffering from the results of the economy though. Unemployment is indeed lousy, however I'm not sure how the blame can be pushed at ConLib just yet - they're doing what most people wanted them to in this case.

[danielf]

I think his skills are in aviation/shipping, which might limit options somewhat.

I didn't vote Conservative, In fact I quite like Labour! However every time I contemplated voting for them I reminded myself of their horrid record on civil liberties.

Anyway, cynicism doesn't get anyone anywhere. So give this a chance, it may not work but it's depressing people are hoping it won't.

Matthew Parris's comments on the BBC sums up how I feel

"I ought to be cynical, I ought to be saying it's all going to end in tears, but I just sense something good and genuine in the air and it just might work," says Matthew Parris, Times columnist and former Tory MP. "You almost have a sense of two men staging a coup against the British political system," he tells the BBC.

I would rather be hopeful and disappointed, than cynical and then pleased when my cynicism is confirmed.