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[QUOTE]Originally posted by FawnDoo: [QB] [QUOTE]Originally posted by Reverend: [qb]Manifesto promises have to go at least a little bit out the window in this instance as nobody actually won outright. Time will tell exactly what concessions each party are willing to make.[/qb][/QUOTE]The thing is though, Cameron is [URL=http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2010/may/09/david-cameron-critics-erupt]already under fire[/URL] from some in his party for not delivering an outright majority and a clear victory. Cameron isn't terribly well liked by some in the Conservative party, but they kept their mouths shut and let him get on with things up to now because they thought he had the election in the bag. Now that he hasn't, the backlash is already starting. With people in his party thinking that he's a dud and not Tory enough to deliver a strong majority after 13 years of a Labour government, my worry is that he'll not listen to a coalition partner and will come on strong and hard-line to appease that section of his party. Nick Clegg might be going into this thinking "it's a bit of give and take" but if Cameron needs to keep the European-hating, kick-the-proles, buck-toothed posho element of his party happy then he'll stamp on Clegg's nuts in a heartbeat to do just that. I think that [URL=http://www.independent.co.uk/opinion/commentators/johann-hari/johann-hari-welcome-to-cameron-land-1962318.html]this story[/URL] shows the kind of thing Cameron has in mind for the UK as a whole, but this is the most telling part: [QUOTE]Cameron's close friend and shadow cabinet member Ed Vaizey said Cameron is "much more Conservative than he acts, or than he is forced to be by political exigency".[/QUOTE]Any appearance that Cameron is putting on to woo the Lib Dems is exactly that - an appearance. I am extremely dubious as to his intentions - for one thing I don't believe he is as progressive as he is trying to appear to be, and for another even if he was, I don't think the party standing behind him would allow him to be progressive in any meaningful way. Clock is ticking though - news outlets seem to be anticipating a FTSE bloodbath if the markets open tomorrow and there is still no news, so hopefully that will get something moving. [/QB][/QUOTE]
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