As the election looms, the dark shadow of Coalition looms even larger.
With the electorate seeming unsure and keeping the politicos and pundits guessing, it would seem that another marriage made in hell may be on the cards (or on the ballot papers). In the past few weeks we’ve already seen one Tory candidate (of Asian descent) flirting with the EDL and a Tory Grandee suggesting a Tory/Labour partnership to keep the SNP out of Westminster, it then makes us at the Guff wonder what other odd bed fellows are likely.
There seems to be (in the Tory Press) some panic at the thought of William Wallace marching to London once sacking York, sorry honest mistake if you were to read the headlines. What I meant to say was the SNP entering coalition with the Labour Party. Is this truly something to fear, a coming together of two “Socialist” Parties with shared ideas, policy and practice? Surely the questions should be firstly levelled at the Liberal Democrats; after all it was them who sold their principles to share power with the Conservatives.
After the first Coalition in many years why hasn’t anyone asked Nick Clegg what his time in Coalition was like and if he’d again jump into bed with the Tories? After all, he could have done what the SNP are proposing and that is let the larger party rule as a Minority Government and vote with them on things they agree on and against on things they do not (keeping their identity and beliefs intact and untainted).
Nigel Farage has already said he’d “deal with the Devil” (as we have already witnessed, UKIP forming an allegiance with Far Right groups across Europe……Ironic or Moronic, you decide) just to get his share of power. David Cameron in the mean time is willing to bend over backwards to win back the “Fruit Cakes and Loonies” (the Tory (Un) faithful) that have deserted in their droves, prancing and dancing to the anti immigration tune played by Farage.
If David fails at this point then an unholy marriage of Conservative/Ukip may well be ordained in Westminster, even a ménage a trios with the Lib Dems such is the craving of power by the political class, but has any of this been mentioned? No for it would seem the focus is on those North of the border.
The “Better Together” campaign should have been “You lot are better of being ruled from down here” campaign such is the hostility in the press and political parties towards the SNP. Why is that? Will it be a red letter day for Ed, or a French letter day for the rest of us?
With each party refusing to commit to any proposal, the scene is becoming reminiscent of one of those 80’s suburban dinner parties where car keys are placed in a bowl. I just hope whoever goes with whom we don’t see the birth of even more abominations………such as UKIP so play safe.
