[Acrylic-bob]

Sort of like G Brown's attempts to persuade Lib Dems to jump into bed with Labour and enable him to hang on to power.

As Lord Acton sagely observed: Power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely.

I am reserving judgement on the coalition, because I feel that it is too early to judge whether it will be a good thing for the country or a bad thing. For me, politics is all about the good of the country. Ask me again in a year's time.