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Ponty pays for the NHS through his nicotine addiction.

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Good post. But by the very fact the Liberals won't say they believe proportional representation is the mandate it's little wonder that political commentators are suggesting the Liberals would side with Labour. The hypocrisy of the Liberals is amazing.

Credit must be given to Gordon Brown for taking Conservative advice and sending aircraft carriers to ferry stranded Brits home.

Clearly, but that doesn't answer the question. It's a simple question. Clegg has stated he would support the party with the mandate. So is the mandate the most votes or the most seats. Which party has the mandate to govern out of the two?

Politics is all about hypothetical questions and the question put to the Liberal MP's was quite simple. If Labour get the most seats but the Tories get the most votes who has the mandate to govern and therefore which party would the Liberals (if asked) form a coalition with. The Lib Dems have banged on about proportional representation for years so why won't they simply come out and say they'll form a coalition with the party that gets the most votes?

It will be. The labour vote will split and the Tories will capitalise.

Of course not, but Camerons not the one proclaiming himself as the man who's going to change politics. Clegg is the one banging on about the old parties and the old ways yet he's been exposed as no different.

I thought i was the one getting rattled... And it's Ashcroft, not Ashdown.

Of course they won't answer it, but the political commentators are all saying that the Liberals will side with Labour. This is great news because the Labour vote will remain split but the Tory vote will drift back.

Getting desperate lol. This a forum viewed by 10 or 15 people TOPS at any given time. It makes zero difference what's written on here. I'm commenting on what i have seen on the television and quite clearly the Liberals are being exposed. A few days ago i was concerned, but now the tide is turning and the choice that everyone has is becoming clearer by the day - Vote Liberal and it's a Vote for brown, vote conservative and it's a vote for change. The Tory vote will bounce back, the Labour vote won't.

How will the Liberal rank and file react to going into government with the Conservatives - it'd split the party. I can't see it happening. But we do deserve to know the answer. The fact Clegg and his cronies don't think the public deserves to know the answer will have an effect on the Tory swing voters. But the Labour swing voters will see the probability of a LIB-LAB alliance as not such a bad thing.

I'm not squirming - far from it, i'm enjoying seeing the Liberals credibility ripped apart.

Last night it was discussed, this morning it has again been discussed on the TV. Both times the Liberal MP squirmed and smirked and waffled and dodged and was repeatedly asked to answer the question. They refused. The more people see of the Liberals the more they will realise that a vote wasted on them is a vote to keep Gordon Brown in a job.

Precisely, so it has exposed Clegg and his rabble as frauds and fakes. All this talk of the liberals being the "new politics" was a lie.

I notice you won't answer the question. Is it because the public not worthy of some honesty from Clegg and his cronies?

Given the attitude of the partys rank and file then this is the conclusion I come to about the direction the of Liberals in regard to the armed forces. Now can you answer the question this thread is about - why don't the public deserve the Liberals to come clean?

So in a nutshell Nick Clegg is a LIAR when he talks about the liberals being the new face of politics. They have been well and truely exposed on this issue.

Ever heard the saying "the thin end of the wedge" - The Liberals given the opportunity will scrap nuclear subs.

Cameron will keep you in your submarine, the Liberals will scrap them. Big difference from your point of view.

No. So now tell me why the public are not entitled to know the answer.

"If the Conservatives gain the most votes will you support them in a hung parliament?" I've now seen two Liberal MP's shirk and waffle and not answer this reasonable question. Clegg said he would form a coalition with the party with the biggest mandate from the electorate. Under proportional representation - which the Liberals have banged on about for years - the party with the most votes has the mandate. So why now are Liberals refusing to answer a perfectly reasonable question that the electorate are perfectly entitled to know the answer to? So much for the "new politics" that they are talking about. I'm glad that Labour, the Conservaties and the political commentators are now putting the Liberals under pressure because with every day that passes they are being exposed as a party that is no different to any of the others. Perhaps the Liberals on here could justify why the British public are not entitled to know the answer to the question.

More like similar to us and Totton.

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My Conservative MP lives locally, but the Labour challenger doesn't - not that i can see this being an issue for him.