Labour Talk Of An Alliance With The Libdems.

[sandyRoe]

Does this mean they think the libDems won't be wiped out on Thursday? Have they considered The vicar of Bray as a party anthem?

[jno]

they're likely to need an alliance with more than one party if they're to achieve power (which they may not do anyway). There should still be more LibDems than Ukippers, but fewer than SNPers.

[mikey4444]

We have to remember here that the Libdems will have a coalition with pretty much anybody who asks them. Before 2010, the thought of them siding with the Tories would have been unthinkable, but they went ahead anyway.

The Liberal Democrat Party is not the old Liberal Party of Jeremy Thorpe
(thank God ! ) They were merged with the SDP, who were disaffected Labour MPs. So it obvious that the modern Party has more in common with the Labour Party, than it can ever have with the Tories.

I wouldn't be surprised at all if Cleggie decides, at the very least to work with ED, if not form a formal coalition. After all, Cleggie, Alexander, et al have been pretty horrid about their previous friends in Cabinet and its hard to see how they can kiss and make up now.

[Gromit]

The LibDems will come fourth at this election with about 25 seats. That will be of little help to Labour, who are likely to get around 280 seats.

Labour have made some strange strategy decissions during this election contest, and this is another on of them. Unless it is to distract voters who would be put off voting Labour because the SNP would share power, I do not really see the point of saying it.

[mikey4444]

Gromit...I think Ed is playing a high stakes and high risk game here.

Because of the widespread antipathy towards the SNP south of the Border, he is trying to hang on to Labour votes in England, and to a lesser degree in Wales, by disassociating himself with the SNP. But according to Kellner of YouGov, he may end up as PM by default, due to the arithmetic and constitutional rules involved :::

https://yougov.co.uk/news/2015/04/29/why-its-so-hard-cameron-win/

[Gromit]

Mikey,

There is only a narrow window where the LibDem seats will be useful for Labour. If Labour and the SNP do more poorly than expected and together they cannot get 323. But that seems unlikely.