I know that the question above is leaving myself wide open to rib-tickling one word comments like ‘yes’ and ‘yep’, along with more exotic insults, but hear me out.
I’m well aware that the Lib Dems have acquired a reputation as left-wing traitors during their government and that the recent talk of Labour gearing up for a coalition with the yellows has been met with both derision and anger. Reading the comments on Guardian articles entertaining the possibility is a pretty eye-opening experience, with the common wisdom being that the Lib Dems are finished (doubtful, thanks to the broken voting system they campaigned against) and that they’re lying Tories in disguise who should be blanked by Labour at all costs.
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