Category Archives: Hung Parliament

>All smiles (me included) as Nick Clegg enters Downing Street

Posted on May 12, 2010 by caronlindsay

>I wrote last night of my mixed emotions watching Cameron entering Downing Street and how I didn’t really feel anything at all when Blair went in in 1997. As the BBC kept reporting that Nick Clegg was heading to Downing … Continue reading →

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>Mixed emotions as Cameron enters Downing Street

Posted on May 11, 2010 by caronlindsay

>In 1997 when Tony Blair entered Downing Street when the country was erupting in a chorus of “Ding Dong the Wicked Tories are gone” I lay in bed watching him and I felt nothing. Not one thing. I was numb. … Continue reading →

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>Are we imminently going into coalition with the Tories?

Posted on May 11, 2010 by caronlindsay

>The BBC is reporting that our negotiations with the Labour Party are on the road to nowhere. It sounds therefore that some sort of deal, whether it’s confidence and supply, or a full coalition, is likely with the Tories. Some … Continue reading →

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>Brown’s bombshell puts Labour back in the game

Posted on May 10, 2010 by caronlindsay

>Wow! With a heavy heart this morning, I was becoming increasingly convinced that the Lib Dem team was going to do some sort of deal with the Tories. Now it all seems to have changed and, literally, anything could happen. … Continue reading →

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>Caron’s Coalition and Cookery Corkers – 10th May

Posted on May 10, 2010 by caronlindsay

>I thought I’d round up some of the best of the blog posts I’ve seen on the issue of the moment, no, not who’s going to be Dorothy, don’t be silly. Andy describes his sheer gut hatred of the Tories … Continue reading →

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>Hung Parliament – a Scottish Liberal Democrat’s perspective

Posted on May 10, 2010 by caronlindsay

>If you had asked me to name things I never wanted to see my party doing, watching our MPs walk into coalition negotiations with the Conservatives would have been pretty high, if not top, of the list. I can’t pretend … Continue reading →

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>Crossing the RubiCon?

Posted on May 8, 2010 by caronlindsay

>This is going to be a very quick post. If you want deeper, more robust analysis, go to the lovely Elephant or Daddy Alex. With 15 minutes to go to Doctor Who, you are not going to get any more … Continue reading →

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