The Tories should have worked out that the WORST thing was for her to go squaealing to the "Mail on Sunday" for monety afterwards. That just unmasked to the great downtrodden how much the media were trying to influence the result.:angry:
Funnily enough it was also IMHO the best result for the LDs. If they had gone on being hyped up they would have taken more support from Labour and probably ended up giving enough seats to the Tories to form a majority on their own, or with the Ulster Unionists.
But there were too many policies...
That's a valid point, but there are different systems on offer. This was discussed on R5 phone-in this morning, and I would go for the ASV or whatever it's called.
In other words you select a first and then a second choice for your local MP, that way the winner always gets more than 50% of the...
No they go off and play football for another team if they can't stomach him in the dressing-room.
That does happen in politics but rarely, most people stick with an ideology and suffer the personal differences.
Sorry Lord B you're looking at this through the eyes of a "Phony Tony Croney".
Although I must admit AJ has been making very sweet music towards the LD's, at a time when a lot of Labour were slagging them.
DC I think is still up for a Con-LD arrangement, but I do think a lot of the Tory trads...