A first-hand account of the Lib Dems’ spell in government is shrunk to 800 wordsThe evening of Wednesday 6 May 2015. Nick Clegg has just completed his hugely successful election campaign tour. I went to bed reassured the country was going to recognise the enormous achievements of the Liberal Democrats in government and would sweep us to power the following day.
It was the morning of Thursday 7 May 2015 and I woke up feeling not quite so confident as the night before and wrote a memo outlining a contingency plan for a moment coalition. Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com