I think we all know that's not going to happen, as no party has the stomach or wallet to go throught it all again.

No one voted for the exact set of policies that are being enacted but 60% of those who voted did choose the parties who are now in government and attempting to sort out the current mess.

I do get the impression that a lot of people are impressed seeing at least some of our politicians working together in an attempt to sort out the current economic malaise and they are willing to give them at least some time to it sort out . Whether that will remain the case when the inevitable cuts kick in remains to be seen.

Fwiw I like what I have seen so far;

ID Cards
Third Runway at Heathrow
HiPS

have all been scrapped.

Some way to go but an encouraging start.

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You couldn't make-up your mind,so they're going to make-it up for you...

suspended over their head?
I suppose the only time to judge the success or failure of this fiasco will be at the end of their four years.

Of their honeymoon he turned to her on the golden Tahitian sand and said, 'Y'know darling, we have a great marriage.'

I'm to the left but I'm impressed with their willingness to compromise. I'm fed up with two parties constantly having a go at each other and trying to score points for scoring points sake, rather than actually helping the country. This has led to spin and the arrogance of expenses etc.

We've also had minority government for decades, where the party in power go to do everything and anything it fancied, but actually got less than 50% of the votes. The last Labour government got the same percentage of the vote as the Tories this time but a 65 seat majority in the house.

I don't know anyone who has entirely agreed with every item in a party's manifesto. Now, we have the best of the Liberal's manifesto and a removal of the worst of the Tory's (maybe?). Must be an improvement. Certainly a good deal better than a pure Tory manifesto

And, it sounds as though the political reform will actually be real rather than window-dressing just to keep them all in their expenses clover etc.

I'm looking forward to Labour wising up and becoming equally 'progressive'. At the moment, I'm ashamed to say they look stuck in the middle ages.

To cap it all, I don't think the 'country' would be impressed if they can't come to some arrangement and call another election.

Why not accept it was a hung parliament so two parties representing 60% of those who voted have pooled policies to find common ground and put together a government.

What does cynicism contribute? Where's the benefit and progress and use of sitting on the sidelines being cynical?

Am also prepared to give them a chance. I posted recently that I thought Clegg had pissed it away by getting into bed with Cameron, but I did find myself agreeing with tigerlion above. What I meant in my own post above, ie that it's too early to say, still stands though.

that both reflects the election results and also the law that governes the forming of governments. It's different to what we're used to but it is wholly legitimate. Can't see why it would need an other election - the UK government is a collection of MPs that agree to stuff if the majority of the house supports it. That's what we have.

I would normally say I have a deep distrust for the 'Nasty' Party (Tories) and their old right wing policy - but I feel more positive about the coalition. The Labour Party is nowhere - they need a new leader and to decide where they go next. Brown has probably dropped them in it big time and there is no natural successor at the moment.

The biggest problem the coalition have is with the Tory right wing. Many have never been comfortable with Cameron and I am sure they are muttering about him jumping into bed with Clegg and the compromise on policies.

I'm still trying to work out whether Cameron is really a Liberalish Tory or is being moderate to keep Clegg happy!

In fairness to Cameron he did try to warn us about a Hung Parliament.
We got the government we voted for. i.e. One unsure about who's really in charge. Yay us, the undecided voter.

Despite feeling a bit crushed when the new government 'emerged' last week, the general tone of what has been announced so far is better than I expected.

Although deep cuts will be made in the budget on 22 June (which fills me with dread) some of the announcements made so far chime well with me - scrapping ID cards, major political reform, for instance. If they'd only scrap the Trident replacement, I'd believe the LibDems have some real influence.

Scrapping HIPs wasn't unexpected, although the suddeness of it is surprising. I feel sorry for all the individuals and firms who spent a good deal of time and money setting up as HIP providers, but HIPs were a grossly flawed concept and were a half arsed dogs breakfast anyway.

I am amazed that it has been announced that Capital Gains Tax could go up to 40% (or even 50%). The LibDems said in their manifesto that they wanted to bring CGT into line with income tax rates, but I'm not sure the Tories said anything like that and this announcement flies in the face of normally accepted Tory policy. I'm a surveyor and I have plenty of clients who are anxious about the effect a sudden rise could have on them. Hopefully, it will be phased in and if taper reliefs could be reintroduced it would make some sense.

Osborne has announced that he wants to reduce Corporation Tax in the future, which is a more straightforwardly Tory policy - can't see how he can hope to do that in the present circumstances, though.