optimism

I've just had a delivery from my veg supplier and I was chatting with the driver about the events of yesterday. I know he's normally a Tory supporter so I asked him what he thought about the coalition. He thought very briefly and then said that having two sets of ideas and inputs going into the decisions of government could only be a good thing.

This optimism is shared by the majority of people that I speak to and yet whenever the national media have interviews with the public the overwhelming response is of anger that the two parties are trying to work together to form a government. Lots of voters who chose to vote Lib Dem purely to stop the Conservatives have been disappointed by the coalition and are voicing their anger to the nation. Many of the ABC*'s are switching their support from the Lib Dems to the Labour Party. Good. If the Lib Dems supporters are there for positive reasons rather than negative ones it can only be good for them as a whole.

Me? I'm waiting to see what happens with policy before I decide. So far, on day one in office, it looks like the ID cards and ID card database have been scrapped and DNA retention of innocent people has been halted. A good start but there is more to be done. Overall though I think there's probably going to be plenty of opportunity for piss taking so I'm happy at the outcome.








*Anyone But Conservative