Last night, Liberal Democrats gathered for their traditional conference glee club. It is
a light-hearted occasion with lots of communal singing and jokes. But some of the gags did seem to vocalise a certain unease about the coalition.
There was a very lusty rendition of a song that went like this, to the tune of The Twelve Days of Christmas:
The song continues in this vein until we reach the twelfth day. Now, it should be noted that this song is a tribute to an earlier song about the merger between the Liberals and the SDP, and is meant in jest.On the first day of coalition The Tories gave to me A referendum on AV On the second day of merger The Tories gave to me Absolutely zilch And a referendum on AV On the third day of coalition The Tories gave to me Sweet FA Absolutely zilch And a referendum on AV
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