[lbo-talk] The New Lib-Tory Govt

[Wojtek S]

[WS:] A more interesting question, imho, is whether this coalition will
bring electoral reform, as lib-dems hoped.  And if such a reform
materialize,  would it be contagious, especially in the US?

Wojtek

On Wed, May 12, 2010 at 4:21 PM, James Heartfield <
Heartfield at blueyonder.co.uk> wrote:


> Watching the new government emerge in Britain, it is striking just how 'New
> Labour' the new Lib-Tory pact is. It has played v. well for Cameron to use
> the Libs to rise above his own party. Around the time of the first Blair
> government there was a lot of talk about a 'new politics' that would
> transcend the old tribal loyalties. All the rhetoric of 'new politics' that
> came with Blair (and Blair did talk about bringing the then Liberal leader,
> Paddy Ashdown into his cabinet, but reneged) now realised.
>
> The programme that they have coalesced around: austerity and
> environmentalism. In Sipson, protestors are celebrating the end of the Third
> Runway at Heathrow....can endorsement from the Guardian newspaper be far
> off?
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