At the time the Lib Dems decided to jump into bed with the Tories, the economy was on the mend. Then the coalition overdosed it with austerityIt’s the weekend after the general election in 2010. David Cameron has failed to win enough seats to win an overall majority and Gordon Brown is still prime minister. Talks are going on among the Conservatives, Labour and the Liberal Democrats to see who can form a government.The coalition that saw Cameron become prime minister five days after the election was, Nick Clegg claimed again yesterday, a matter of necessity. Suggesting that the Lib Dems were simply doing their patriotic duty, the deputy prime minister said the government was born in the “midst of an economic firestorm”. Related: Nick Clegg refuses to veto in-out EU referendum There was a crisis, but it was going on in Greece, not Britain Continue reading...
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