In reply to galpinos:
Here is just a small list of things that the Lib Dems did:
Prevented passing of the 'Snoopers Charter'
Prevented scrapping of HRA
Prevented scrapping of depts dealing with climate change
Stopped reduction in employment rights
Stymied Tory plans for a boundary review
Stonewalled BBC charter review (strictly speaking, not against the concept, but you know the Tories just want to wreck it)
Were against EU referendum
Since the end of the coalition, there's been an attack on renewable energy (and a return to general energy policy cluelessness not seen since Labour's 2003 white paper), Lib Dems set up free school meals (what happened to that earlier this year?).... I could go on.
And they almost, almost got us on-board with coalition politics. Only the electorate was not politically mature enough to twig how they work.
For a nation enamoured of Borgen, we have showed an appalling lack of awareness of how coalition politics work. The Lib Dems were able to curb the worse Tory excesses (not perfectly, but those who live in glass house, i.e., all of us, should not throw stones). We punished them, and in turn, perhaps got what we deserved for being so numpty about the whole thing.
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