And I'll form the head...

Well, at long last the election season is over and we finally have a new government, a Liberal Democrat/Conservative government led by Cameron and Clegg and I for one couldn't be happier... In our current circumstances, it's the best outcome we could hope for.
There are many reasons I'm happy to be led by Cameron and Clegg, firstly, it's because they sound like a pop duo like Hall and Oates, Simon and Garfunkel and Pat and Mick... A part of me will always hope that they'll hire Stock, Aitken and Waterman for their first single, which will no doubt chart as highly as the SAW produced first release by the girls from the Sheila's wheels advert did. I also like the way their name has been shortened to people on the internet to Cleggeron, which I can't help but imagine as a twisted conservative form of Lion Voltron with Liberal Democrats for arms... Lets face it, they're the arms as without them, Voltron won't be able to do much other than run around, making noise, kicking things ineffectually with the occasional argument over who forms the head.
Seriously though, this is the best government anyone could have hope for given the circumstances and is considerably better than the alternatives on offer.

The first option was for the Lib Dems to team up with Labour, Plaid Cymru and the SNP, which would destroy both the Labour party and the Liberal democrats in England as it would be seen as stealing an election. I can't believe that it was ever seriously considered by either the Liberal Democrats or Labour really as there is no way the SNP having power to make policy that affects England would end well, it would be like asking a vulture for help crossing the desert. The only way the SNP can get what they want is by creating as much friction as possible between England and Scotland so it's not in their interest to do what's best for the country. The moment that the labour party stopped giving in to the nationalists, they would walk out and Labour and the Lib Dems would be annihilated in the following election, giving the conservatives carte blanche to push through whatever crazy legislation they want for the next 5 years.

The second option would have been to let the conservatives govern alone in minority, which wouldn't have been in the best interests of anyone, it would have led to political paralysis in the end which is the last thing any country needs at this time... And again, there's always the chance of them getting a majority if they were re-elected, saying the other parties were unwilling to help run the country in it's hour of need.

The third, the Lib-Conservative coalition is the best option, the party that won the most votes is in power and the liberal democrats are there to help cut out the crazy. The Toreies know if they try to push through things that will be to the detriment of most of the population it'll never fly, we'll have actual debates to get legislation passed and the New Labour project is dead... At least it should be if there's any sanity left in politics. Hopefully labour will spend their time in the wilderness rediscovering the policies their party was founded on, equality and socialism, and British politics will once again have a left rather than two versions of the right.

I must admit that I get some pleasure from just how upset some labour supporters are about it, claiming that the sky will fall under a Lib Dem/Tory regime while ignoring just how right wing the labour government has been. Honestly, if you're upset because you feel you wasted your vote because you voted for the Lib Dems just to keep the Tories out rather than because of their policies, I feel no sympathy for you at all. I vote green despite them having little chance of getting into power as I feel votes should be used for what you believe in, not to try to screw over people who believe different. People have no right to complain when a party they don't believe in, but voted for, does things they don't believe in. The Lib Dems are a centrist political party, not a sock puppet to be put on the left hand only when it's convenient.

One final thought before I stop ranting, when Cameron takes paternity leave in a few months, Nick Clegg will be Prime minister, a thought that's made all the sweeter by his religious views. See, in America, you can't get elected if you're not a devout Christian, but for a brief time, our PM will be an Aetheist. I'm sure the religious right in this country will be thoroughly mortified... All three of them. For those people, I have one word... Good. ^_^

-Ryco.