I voted Liberal Democrat, but does that make me a Liberal Democrat? I don’t know the answer to my own question, which is why I am posing it to the world. Not that I expect a definitive answer, but you’re quite welcome to try, dear reader!
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At the State Opening of Parliament today – The Queen read out the programme for the Coalition government.
In case you missed it or want to see and hear it again, here it is in full, courtesy of Channel 4 News.
Full Coalition Document
May 20
The Liberal Democrat – Conservative Coalition government have held a press conference and published the full Coalition document today.
Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg spoke first, followed by Home Secretary Theresa May and then Business Secretary Vince Cable; Chancellor of the Exchequor Gideon – George Osbourne was then followed by the Prime Minister – David Cameron.
So the polls open in just a few hours now, and the British People will decide, but please once and for all this time let us change the unfair voting system. Vote Liberal Democrat.
I agree with Nick, do you agree with Nick? Nick Clegg and the Liberal Democrats are in dreamland this weekend after a huge post-debate surge for the LibDems. Will they be able to keep this momentum up until the election and will it translate into a hung parliament? (Or a Liberal Democrat government, dare we dream!?) It all remains to be seen, but it has certainly turned what looked like a boring election into a very interesting one. As Nick Clegg himself put it, “all bets are off.” And so they are as all polls including youGov show a very strong showing from the “third party.”
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland has a parliamentary democracy, which means that Government is voted into power by the people, to act in the interests of the people. The Westminster Parliament is in fact the oldest parliamentary democracy in the world.
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