
Many Lib Dems will not want to be connected to the Labour Party, and many will not want a coalition with the Conservative party. What Clegg is basically saying is that he will decide (after the election) which party the Lib Dems form a coalition with - not the voters. Don't Lib Dem voters have the right to know who they are voting for? The most likely outcome of a hung parliament would be a Lib/Lab coalition - that is the preferred option for the majority of Lib Dem voters - but nothing is for sure. How do those voters feel about forming a government with the Conservatives? A government run by David Cameron with a few token Lib Dems in the Cabinet?
As long as Nick Clegg sits on the fence, treating Lib Dem supporters like mushrooms*, those same supporters will not know if they are voting for a Labour or Conservative government.
It was Patrick Murray who said:
"Any political party that includes the word 'democratic' in its name, isn't."
Kept in the dark and fed sh*t.
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I think the ill-disguised glee of the Lib Dems regarding a hung Parliament is misplaced.
In my view the mostly likely outcome of a hung Parliament would be for the 2 main parties (whichever one is largest) to tell the Lib Dems to sod off, and run the country as a minority Government and call another election a few months later.
Personally though I don't think it'll come to that, I believe the Tories will gain a majority albeit a small one.
TBF,
I think you are right. It doesn't hurt to point out Clegg's fence sitting though.
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