No gold at the end of the rainbow
The election showed that Britain is a progressive country but two significant interventions today make a Rainbow Coalition both unworkable and undesirable.
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Cruddas: Party members should be consulted over any deal
Jon Cruddas, Labour MP for Dagenham & Rainham, has called for party members and the unions to be “formally consulted” over any deal with the Liberal Democrats.
A rainbow coalition?
Left Foot Forward has long argued that Britain has a progressive majority.
Clegg the Kingmaker: What deal for the climate?
Friends of the Earth emailed all their supporters this morning describing the hung parliament situation as “a fantastic opportunity”.
Pressure mounts on Clegg not to “sell out” over electoral reform
Two adverts telling Nick Clegg not to ‘sell out’ on getting a proportional system appeared in national newspapers today.
Debunking the latest arguments in favour of first-past-the-post
Conservative opponents of electoral reform have had to re-package their argument slightly.
Could a Lib-Con alliance split the party?
The media are telling us about growing – and unsurprising – unease within the Liberal Democrats over the idea of a deal with the Conservative Party.
A rainbow coalition? The role of the Nats
Do the SNP and Plaid Cymru’s manifesto suggest that a progressive agreement with Labour and the Lib Dems is viable?
Lib-Con coalition would be an “electoral gift” to Labour
A decision by Nick Clegg to join forces with David Cameron would provide an opportunity for a major electoral revival by Labour at a second election in 2010.
Will Clegg stick or twist?
All eyes are on Nick Clegg this morning as he meets his front bench team to discuss whether or not to do a deal with the Tories. Addressing the media in the past half hour, he spoke only of “the coming hourstest