Though the prize was considerable, as was the enticing prospect of a more or less permanent coalition government based on a “progressive alliance” of the centre-left, the Lib Dems did the maths (together with Labour they do not have a majority) and calculated the cost to their reputation of putting electoral reform ahead of the expressed wishes of the electorate. At the end of the day, said one Lib Dem negotiator, the Tories were “the only game in town”.
- Sprucing up democracy: More unites the Tories and Lib Dems than divides them, Economist.com, May 13, 2010.
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