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The Scottish Political Singularity, Act Two

• TheOtherHobbes 12y ago
  >A Conservative/Labour coalition just isn't conceivable. Not so. Considering Miliband's professed hatred of the SNP, his lack of interest in an SNP-LAB coalition, and the pro-austerity slant of both Labour and the Tories, I think a CON-LAB coalition isn't at all inconceivable. It would destroy Labour for the forseeable, but Clegg was perfectly happy to sacrifice the LibDems for a seat at the table. So I think it's foolish to believe Miliband would never do the same, using similar rationalisations. There's actually much less ideological space between Labour and the Tories than there is between CON-LAB and everyone else - except UKIP, who are noisy but irrelevant clowns. Is it likely? Possibly not. But considering no one seriously expected CleggMania to turn into five years of Tory jackboot economics, "inconceivable" is not the right word for the possibility.