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by tomelliott 3617 days ago
Yes. They got burned badly for 'breaking their promises' after being elected into the coalition.

What nobody seems to have realised is that they didn't have anything close to a majority, so of course they weren't able to completely prevent the Tories from doing everything.

It's a shame IMO because what we clearly need right now is a Centralist party, especially with Labour going further and further to the Left under Corbyn.
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d4rti 3617 days ago
> They got burned badly for 'breaking their promises' after being elected into the coalition.

Particularly university tuition fees, which was an important issue for much of the base.

(It's pretty sad what happened, and I think even now they get very little of the credit they deserve for their work in the previous parliament)

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ZeroGravitas 3617 days ago
They took a big gamble on the AV change, but the conservatives screwed them by reneging on a promise to not campaign against it.

I wonder if they regret that now, as it would have provided a safety valve for Conservative -> UKIP defectors.

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