Game on for a Lib-Con Coalition

Gary Gibbon reports:

‘Last night’s two-hour meeting of the Lib Dem MPs (with a sprinkling of peers) seems to have swung the party decisively behind a Lib-Con coalition deal. An announcement is widely expected now today.’

It’s preferable to the alternative and as George Osborne made clear this morning the Tories can do nothing without Lib Dem support. There’s a suggestion that Clegg may have forced Cameron’s hand into further concessions with his sudden wooing of Labour, in which case he’s a very clever and brave shyster. I’ll believe it when it happens though.

PS: A note of caution, as if one were needed. Clegg can’t put a time on any deal. Incidently, there is no appetite for a Lib-Lab coalition among centre-left bloggers.