To all the haters - Simon Hughes: Coalition with Tories was only option.
But I'm clear that it was the only viable coalition option and - more importantly - the alternative would not have been a coalition with Labour. The alternative was a minority Tory government which would have very soon become a majority Tory government.
via guardian.co.uk
This is the point that many on the left dont get. And I mean *really dont get*. As much as people hate the idea of tuition fees imagine the Tories having free rein on the Browne Review where there was no maximum. Which end of the payscale would the Tories reduced taxes first? The lowest earners? Don't make me laugh. Would the Tories have ended Labour's detention of children following failed immigration attempts? Would the Tories have delivered a £2.5bn pupil premium?
No.
And neither would have the Labour Party.