The so-called ‘betrayal’ of the left.
I’ve become so sick of Labour and Red Greens wailing and gnashing their teeth at the so-called ‘betrayal’ by the Lib Dems in forming a coalition that I’ve written a post on Lib Dem Voice.
To those people: we’ve not betrayed you because there was never anything to betray – you wanted to be in opposition and we wanted to see our policies and values become a reality. There was never was a compact with you to betray . Yes, there are things we have in common, and yes there is overlapping consensus on some principles and some policies. But we don’t agree with many of your values and we never have.
Read more here: http://www.libdemvoice.org/opinion-we-do-not-belong-to-labour-19481.html