One year of the Coalition

[Silent Hunter]

It's one year since David Cameron became PM. How do you think he and his government have done?

[Franzl]

Good. They've done what was necessary and right. Be happy you have a competent government.

[Antonio the Sixth]

Can't say I'm a fan, but considering what has come from the tories in the previous decades, I can't really complain.

[Insula Dei]

Can't say I'm a fan, but considering what has come from the tories in the previous decades, I can't really complain.

I voted 'poor'. I'm not a very big fan of their domestic policies, but in Europe (which is the place where I feared a Tory government the most) and on the World stage, the damage seems to have been limited. Still, even a sell-out Labour government would be an improvement over a sell-out Liberal Democratic Party in coalition with a party that has scary people in it like the Tories.

[Filuwaúrdjan]

Can't say I'm a fan, but considering what has come from the tories in the previous decades, I can't really complain.

With a couple of exceptions it is not immediately apparent how this government is less offensive from a left-leaning point of view than (for example) the Thatcher and Major governments.

[Lief 🗽]

They're destroying the British economy for no reason. F-

[ZuWo]

It's been a good year for the Conservatives but a disastrous one for the LibDems. They have alienated many supporters and can no longer hope for a reform of the election system in the near future. The only reason why the Liberal Democrats are still in the coalition is the terrible result they would face if a national election were held soon.
Clearly, the government deserves credit for tackling the deficit and for being determined to act against the Libyan regime of terror.

[Marokai Backbeat]

Speaking as an outsider and thus, someone who may be missing a beat here and there once in awhile, alot of the things they've done seem so senseless and unnecessarily harmful, as Lief alluded to.

The LibDems have of course had a terrible year, and have broken a number of their promises (and seemed willing to do so before the election even took place, despite their entire campaign being ran on the basis of the other parties lying to people), but looking at something like the tuition cap raise, something that didn't really seem like it didn't really have a huge benefit to it, if one at all, seemed so bizarre and uncalled for.

I have a feeling there will be alot of those little "harming people for no reason" things before this government is done, though.

[You kip if you want to...]

Punishing over 500,000 people for a crisis that wasn't their fault? An impending cost of living crisis? A top-down reorganisation (privatisation?) of the NHS? "I believe it's time for promises to be kept"? Stagnant growth for the past 6 months?

Yeah, they're doing great. Although, at the next election, should the leaders stay the same: Cameron, Clegg, E. Miliband? eugh, to all three: a snob, a liar and an unelectable geek.

(I'd atleast prefer a Tory majority to stop the annoying, unproductive Liberal sideshow!)

[afleitch]

It's been a good year so far. However I love living in Scotland

[Silent Hunter]

I voted poor. This has turned into a combination of the worst features of both parties and the recent sniping has just been unbecoming.

I didn't vote bad as we haven't gone back into recession - yet.

[Filuwaúrdjan]

I voted poor. This has turned into a combination of the worst features of both parties and the recent sniping has just been unbecoming.

Some of the worst features but (in fairness) not quite all of them; so far at least we have been spared attempts at legislating moral hypocrisy as a way of keeping the Tory backbenches happy. Of course that's not much in the way of consolation, given that the LibDems have so far not lifted a finger to stop some of the more deranged market-fundamentalist 'solutions' to non-existent problems. In some ways I wonder if we're just seeing what the post-1992 Major government would have been like if it had a secure majority and lacked the baggage of thirteen years of power.

[You kip if you want to...]

I didn't vote bad as we haven't gone back into recession - yet.

Stagnation? Recession? Meh, swings and roundabouts.

[YL]

I voted poor. This has turned into a combination of the worst features of both parties and the recent sniping has just been unbecoming.

Some of the worst features but (in fairness) not quite all of them; so far at least we have been spared attempts at legislating moral hypocrisy as a way of keeping the Tory backbenches happy. Of course that's not much in the way of consolation, given that the LibDems have so far not lifted a finger to stop some of the more deranged market-fundamentalist 'solutions' to non-existent problems.

Part of the problem there is that the Lib Dem side of the government is so dominated by the "Orange Book" faction, who seem to be disturbingly keen on that sort of thing themselves.

[Phony Moderate]

I'm not a fan.

[J. J.]

It's been a good year for the Conservatives but a disastrous one for the LibDems.

Exactly.

[Lief 🗽]

It's been a good year for the Conservatives but a disastrous one for the LibDems.

Exactly.

Labour's been consistently ahead of the Conservatives in the polls since December.

[J. J.]

It's been a good year for the Conservatives but a disastrous one for the LibDems.

Exactly.

Labour's been consistently ahead of the Conservatives in the polls since December.

Which is not uncommon.  The party suffering are the LibDems.

[TheDeadFlagBlues]

They're destroying the British economy for no reason. F-

[TheGlobalizer]

I'll trade you guys an Obama for a Cameron.  *shrug*

[Franzl]

I'll trade you guys an Obama for a Cameron.  *shrug*

Oh God yes.

[Antonio the Sixth]

I'll trade you guys an Obama for a Cameron.  *shrug*

Oh God yes.

LOL

[Franzl]

I'll trade you guys an Obama for a Cameron.  *shrug*

Oh God yes.

LOL

Although to be fair, I suppose, Cameron wouldn't be as succesful getting his agenda passed in the U.S. because of the political system (allowing legislation to be blocked at practically every corner), so what we really need is Cameron + a Westminster-like system

[Antonio the Sixth]

I'll trade you guys an Obama for a Cameron.  *shrug*

Oh God yes.

LOL

Although to be fair, I suppose, Cameron wouldn't be as succesful getting his agenda passed in the U.S. because of the political system (allowing legislation to be blocked at practically every corner), so what we really need is Cameron + a Westminster-like system

Cameron would have no problem passing his agenda if Republicans had a 60-seats majority in 2008...