Mind you, Ed Miliband doesn’t understand coalition either. Fair enough. It’s not what he’s paid to understand. Still, according to Miliband (whom I keep forgetting is actually leader of the Labour party):
Secretly recorded comments by Liberal Democrat ministers show the coalition government is “a sham,” Labour leader Ed Miliband has said.
He described Vince Cable as “a useful prop for David Cameron as he seeks to pretend this is something other than a Conservative government”.
Up to a point. A government that may fairly be thought 80% Conservative is not, by definition, quite the same as a Tory majority. Those Tories who grumble that the Lib Dems are exerting too much influence on government policy have at least half a point.“These are decisions of a Conservative-led government propped up by Liberal Democrat passengers. Passengers not in the front seat, not even in the back seat of the car, passengers who have got themselves locked in the boot,”
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