...Britain, once again, has a Tory PM. Despite the seeming inevitability of it, despite the surprises of the past five days, despite the economic mess that Cameron inherits and the platitudes to progressivism he espouses, I can't help but feel slightly shell-shocked by this news. I'm can't help but feel that this doesn't bode particularly well for the next few years. I guess that even though the political tribalism that once ran so thick through my veins may have waned over the years and was no longer able to show its face at the last election, the visceral hatred I felt over the government I grew up under still echoes down the years.Hold on folks, we might be in for a bit of a rough ride. Fingers crossed that those yellows in the pending Cabinet will manage to rein in some of the wilder blue tendencies. Perhaps if it results in a fairer voting system and a more electable Labour Party in the longer term, it'll end up having been a bullet worth biting.
Perhaps...
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Wholeheartedly agree. Have been trying to convince myself all evening that having a scattering of Lib Dems in the Cabinet might water-down many Tory excesses - until I heard William Hague is going to be Foreign Secretary. Shame on the Lib Dems. Like you say, hopefully a period in opposition can rejuvenate the Labour Party. Meantime, hold on indeed...
It's enough to make one feel ever so slightly forlorn. William Hague as Foreign Secretary means being likely to hang my head in shame whenever abroad...
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