Does anyone else think the idea of a Conservative-Liberal Democrats coalition is a bit weird? They stand for completely different things! And just a few weeks ago they were slating each other on national television in a bid to get more votes than the other person.
Lets be honest, both parties did this for themselves, not for the people. They wanted power, Clegg wanted a foot in the door and Cameron obviously would go to any lengths to ‘win’. So what happens now?
Well Cameron is Prime Minister. Clegg is his deputy. And there are a surprising number of Lib Dems who have been appointed major parliamentary roles.
Cameron has said this marks a “historic and seismic shift” in British politics. But what does it mean and how is it going to affect us? Their agenda is to cut the deficit, support the troops and “build a stronger society”. But what about the issues they disagree on, like education or immigration? It seems the parties have already come to some arrangement on this. The Lib Dems are being allowed to abstain from voting for higher education funding and have agreed to limit the amount of non-EU economic migrants.
Still, can this new coalition government really work? At the moment everything points to yes but it is only the first day. A few months down the line and I can guarantee there will be problems, MPs will stop co-operating with each other and there is a strong possibility that our new coalition government will fall apart.
And of course there is the other big question…who is going to live at Number 10?!
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