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19 September 2012

If the Lib Dems want a coalition with Labour, they need to start work now

In 2010, the centre–left failed the people of this country. It must never do so again.

By Neal Lawson

Dear Liberal Democrats,

As your party gathers in Brighton, the end game of your amazing governing odyssey, and whatever life takes place after it, can no longer be avoided. And the question is this, given it’s impossible to imagine you are going to govern alone, who would you rather form a coalition with in less than two and half years’ time: the Conservatives, Labour or simply the biggest party?

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