QUOTE (Spider @ Mar 11 2015, 04:55 PM)
I used to support the Lib-Dems so I am no fan of theirs. But are you saying that the coalition with the Tories made no difference and they would have done the same with or without them?
Where the Fk did you get that cobblers from? Certainly not from my question.
QUOTE (Spider @ Mar 11 2015, 04:55 PM)
I do not think so. I think you question is naive or you are just playing games.
You have no right to believe such a thing, other than I wanted to know how well someone knew their subject and
perhaps I might have learned something.
QUOTE (Spider @ Mar 11 2015, 04:55 PM)
For a start the Lib-Dems stopped them going too far right. The tax policies were influenced by the Lib-Dems (at least in some cases). I also believe that Cameron, who is of the left of his party, was glad of the Lib-Dems. Otherwise he would have been held hostage to the right of his party. Then there is the boundary changes, which were stopped by the Lib-Dems.
The question was, what did the Lib Dems block the Tories from doing. My view was that they traded initiatives, rather than blocked stuff. I also very much doubt the Tries would have lent much more right; they certainly didn't have the mandate to do so.