Ah, Clameron...

• 01 June 2010 at 15:52
• Politik Pop

So yeah, the new couple at the head of the UK is very glamourous. It is even said that David cooked the first night.

Yeah, I'm talking of David Cameron, the Conservatives' leader and Nick Clegg, the Liberal Democrats' leader, the new Prime Minister and Deputy Prime Minister. What an unlikely alliance... But hey, the political landscape is such a mess over-there. So far, everything was about the Conservatives and Labour, especially because of a very unbalanced electoral system. This time, Labour lost, as planned, but the Conservatives didn't manage to convince either, which deprived them of an absolute majority, in a system that was conceived in a way to create strong majorities, though. So they made a coalition withe the Nick Clegg's LibDems.

What actually surprises me is that the Conservatives didn't ally with Labour. These two parties seemed closer and they would have had a stronger government and a bigger majority in Parliament! Since the Labour Party became New Labour with Tony Blair, it moved to the right a lot, going even further to the right than the Lib Dems who are considered as centrists. During the latest election, Nick Clegg clearly represented the left!

It is by the way the second thing that surprised me: I thought Labour would lose the previous election, in 2005, because of the war on Iraq, just like in Spain. Actually, it is very strange, I have the feeling that Labour lost only because of Gordon Brown's personality. When he came to power in 2007, the newspapers were mercyless regarding him. He was always mocked at because of his lack of charisma, his overweight, and stuff. He did bad things, but compared to Blair, it was nothing! And still, he's the one who lost. I'm not complaining for Brown, I just would have preferred Blair to lose.

The new "Clameron" government looks so unlikely that it is possible it doesn't make it through the end of the year. Until then, I hope Nick Clegg will have passed his reform of the electoral system, which was a priority in the coalition agreement. It will be a first step for the improvement of the political landscape in the UK.

Menwhile, Labour has to choose a new leader and I hope it will seise that opportunity to go back to the left. For now, there is a very media-friendly fight between David Miliband, the former Foreign Secretary, a blairite, and... his brother, Ed Miliband, former Secretary for Energy and Climate Change, who is supposed to be more left-wing. The latter already said the war on Iraq was a mistake, while David tries to play down polemics by saying that you shouldn't look to the past, blah blah blah...

Anyway, this whole mess is not going to help the country which is going through a touch economic slump.

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