There’s a lot on whinging on the left, full of excuses blaming everything from the voting system, the public and whine that the next 5 years will see chaos and devastation. IMO labour lose in 2010 wasn’t as serve as it could and should have been, the country was in a pieces financially but I get the feeling the electorate didn’t trust Conservatives enough to put it right hence the hung parliament.
Fast forward 5 years the recovery is complete and the economy is on the up (whether people want to admit it or not) as a result people will look at their situation and will want more of the same. IMO Labour’s front bench looked all too familiar with the same faces appearing in opposition as they did in government. Add to that Labour’s arrogance and refusing to accept their record of profligacy, waste and near economic ruin while in charge just all came home to roost. I don’t accept if David Miliband were in charge things would have turned out different, he was an even bigger figure associated with the last Labour government and refused to stand up to Gordon Brown when he had the chance in 2008/2009 which would have acted against him.
I wonder if the Lib Dem’s will cease to exist in the long run, hard to imagine they can come back from this disaster even in 10 years’ time, nearly all their support where I live has gone to UKIP rather than Labour and their former stronghold of the South west is no more. Time for a new Liberal party I think.