Nice top jobs but will the Lib Dem faithful approve?
SO there we have it – David Cameron has stumbled into No 10, with the help of Nick Clegg and the Liberal Democrats.
David Cameron, once asked if he knew any good jokes, replied: "Yes, Nick Clegg." Is this the same Nick Clegg I've seen him hugging on the steps of Downing Street, while handing him a spare set of keys and the cushy job of Deputy Prime Minister? Two faced? You be the judge.
And now the dust has settled, I wonder how Liberal Democrat voters are feeling regarding their new friendship with the Tories. Let's face it, Clegg and a few of his buddies have got nice new jobs in the Cabinet, but hasn't he sold out the Lib Dem faithful up and down the UK?
Labour will regroup, refocus and come back strong and, dare I say it, with a "few" disgruntled Lib Dems in tow.
Mr K. Bean Lincoln.
Karl McCartney in the Echo of May 11 showed, I thought, an interesting view of his thoughts and what he wants for Lincoln.
However, why did he spoil it with a puerile statement at the end?
He writes: "And we certainly intend to prove the scare tactics and negative spin from the Labour opposition, that showed their desperation in the final weeks of the campaign, to be completely false on their behalf."
Why does he make so many unnecessary immature comments? Let us see if he is capable of change now he has been elected.
Through the campaign I read snide playground jibes about the opposing parties, mainly Labour. Please remember, Mr McCartney, you represent not just the 17,163 who voted for you but also the 28,558 who did not.
A. Ratcliffe West Parade, Lincoln.
I have just finished reading the excellent Lincolnshire Echo Election Special 2010.
I was sad to see Gillian Merron lose her seat, and her heartfelt thanks to the people of Lincoln will surely be reciprocated by all she has served.
She has told Karl McCartney to "'take care" of the people of Lincoln, and I hope he takes note because they will be watching his every move.
Karl has come out and said "I will demonstrate that I will be a hard working constituency MP".
If he truly means that I hope he starts by ditching his second job, as a consultant to big-wigs in the City of London, and drop his pie in the sky Lincoln racecourse venture, and do just that – concentrate fully on the people of this great city.
Mr Weller Lincoln.
There should be rejoicing across the parties at Caroline Lucas becoming our first "Green" Member of Parliament (May 7 and 8).
I sat up all night to watch what seemed like a score draw.
Some experts think the replay will come before Christmas.
General elections are exciting in the horse race sense.
The trouble is they are more important than that, as we will all find out in the next couple of months.
The most surprising thing was that, with variable "swings" across the country, the exit poll was spot on.
Max Nottingham St Faith's Street, Lincoln.
Comments
by Mr Sneer, Derision on the Wold
Sunday, May 16 2010, 10:29PM
“"You be the judge."
Thanks, I will. I'm sure if we wanted we could spend all week dragging up quotes where the Tories have slated the Lib Dems and vice versa. Your point might have some relevance if this was some sort of permanent merger between the two parties, however it isn't. It's a coalition government. It happens all over Europe all the time between political rivals who are usually engaged in slanging matches but are also capable of working together for the greater good when it is required of them. Partisan idiots cannot grasp this concept because they're, well, partisan idiots.
"...hasn't he sold out the Lib Dem faithful up and down the UK?"
How, by getting Lib Dem policies on the statute books? Yeah, how dare he succeed where every other Lib Dem leader has failed.
"Labour will regroup, refocus and come back strong"
Ell oh ell. Tell you what, you put money on Labour winning the next election and I'll put money on them coming 3rd behind the Lib Dems.
"Why does he make so many unnecessary immature comments?"
Oh dear. Obviously you haven't seen or heard any of the legion of interviews with Merron where anyone with the temerity to question Labour policies was met with a load of irrelevant, bitter vitriol about the opposition. I'd call it learning from the master.
"Please remember, Mr McCartney, you represent not just the 17,163 who voted for you but also the 28,558 who did not."
Whereas it was perfectly OK for Merron to misrepresent the 20,133 people who didn't vote for her in 2005 against the 16,724 who did, I suppose.
"There should be rejoicing across the parties at Caroline Lucas becoming our first "Green" Member of Parliament."
Indeed. The Green Party's policies cover all bases from hopelessly unworkable to laughably naive and dangerously idiotic. Just like the BNP, it is vital that people know and understand exactly what sort of lunacy props up their most obvious cause.”