1. Both Tory and Labour knew that at a time of economic crisis a minority government was simply a non-starter.
2. Labour were reeling from losing the election, they did not get their act together, they did not offer enough concessions to the Lib Dems and - crucially - the two parties combined...
You can see that, I can see that, why can't most of the electorate see that? Almost everything you hear about why people won't vote Lib Dem is because of the compromises they had to make as a result of going into coalition, and very little is about their policies. I'm especially surprised by...
A big reason why there was a coalition is because a minority government is a weak government, and given we were in economic turmoil we couldn't afford to take that risk. People who condemn both parties for compromising their principles need to consider how damaging the alternative to coalition...