when was the last Tory government? Was it Thatcher? baby and bathwater come to mind. Maybe not though, not paying close enough attention to have a considered opinion.
On Tue, May 11, 2010 at 3:48 PM, Larry C. Lyons <[email protected]> wrote: > > A Tory government with the Lib-ems holding the balance of power. > Unless Cameron does some major compromising I won't give this > government a week beyond their tabling their first budget. > > What the Liberal Democrats have been demanding, proportional > representation etc the Tories are strongly against. Its an agreement > of convenience is all. The first opportunity I expect the knives to > come out. > > On Tue, May 11, 2010 at 5:20 PM, Vivec <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> A Coalition government made up of the Conservatives and Liberal Democrats >> has ascended to power in Britain. >> David Cameron of the Conservative party is the Prime Minister and Clegg will >> be offered as many as 5 Cabinet posts. >> >> David Cameron had this to say in his Acceptance speech: >> >> "In terms of the future, our country where no party has an overall majority >> and we have some deep and pressing problems - a huge deficit, deep social >> problems, a political system in need of reform. For those reasons, I aim to >> form a proper and full coalition between the Conservatives and the Liberal >> Democrats. I believe that is the right way to provide this country with the >> strong, the stable, the good and decent government that I think we need so >> badly. >> >> Nick Clegg and I are both political leaders who want to put aside party >> differences and work hard for the common good and for the national interest. >> I believe that is the best way to get the strong government that we need, >> decisive Government that we need today. >> >> I came into politics because I love this country, I think its best days >> still lie ahead and I believe deeply in public service, and I think the >> service our country needs right now is to face up to our really big >> challenges, to confront our problems, to take difficult decisions, to lead >> people through those difficult decisions so that together we can reach >> better times ahead." >> >> http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2010/may/11/general-election-2010-live-blog >> >> >> > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology-Michael-Dinowitz/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:318064 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
