"Don’t Cry For Me, Great Britain"
Gordon Brown did not exactly say those words but one could dwell on such deliberation after Brown’s tearful resignation speech outside 10 Downing Street on Tuesday. His announcement cleared the way for Conservative leader David Cameron becoming the first Prime Minister from their party since 1997.
It is nice to be able to say — I said so. I am sure many among you who read my post about Gordon Brown's gaffe and agreed with it are uttering those greatly satisfying three words of the English language right now.
It may sound cliché; nonetheless, politics makes strange bedfellows. Whoever could think there could be an alliance of two political parties who are in the two extremes of the political spectrum? Cameron has offered a public referendum on a more proportional system, what the Liberal Democrat leader Nick Clegg demanded following his preference for the European-style proportional representation voting system. This may forever change Great Britain's political landscape.
Although this coalition is going to soothe many nerves now, political tension is bound to remain tense under the surface. It would be fair to assume that this government would not complete its five year mandate notwithstanding the leaders' promises to that extent.
With completely two different agendas, it is difficult for two parties to stay together in normal times, and the current situation is hardly normal. Britain is facing a very tough time economically. The new government has to take on many unpopular decisions to clear the financial mess. Then there is the unhappiness from the continuous wars.
Roger Roberts of the Liberal Democrat party has already warned in a statement to BBC, "If necessary, we go into this alliance, but we must get electoral reform and a good package for the economy."
The “good package” does not necessarily look the same to the Conservatives and Lib Dems.
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