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Clegg’s Choice: End The Lib Dems Forever, Or Not?
by John Walker on May.08, 2010, under The Rest
Nick Clegg’s got one heck of a decision to make.
He’s not just deciding which party gets to be in power in the UK. He’s deciding the fate of the Liberal Democrat party.
He’s got three choices, which I couldn’t outline better than Stu Campbell has here: side with Cameron, side with Brown, or side with no one and allow a Conservative minority government.
It’s the first of these three decisions that’s currently being scrutinised by Clegg and his advisors, weighing up whatever Cameron may have offered him in their private talks. Should he align his party with the Conservatives, guaranteeing a clear majority, and most likely securing some powerful positions in government for Lib Dem members? It must be tempting for anyone in politics, to be that close to power. But Clegg’s got a Liberal Democrat membership to convince – 75% of them – before he could make that commitment. Oh, and the small matter of giving up proportional representation (PR). Oh again, and giving up the future of the Lib Dem party forever.