Interesting analysis. The big challenge is going to be housebuilding - seems vanishingly unlikely Tory-facing Lib Dems will go for any kind of move towards loosening planning rules.
Yeah - that will likely be an area of tension. Not that in C&S everything has to align. And its possible to do much of the work needed on planning through enforcement of current rules and perhaps a much stronger drive for local powers to build and fewer to block.
Great read. I think I sit somewhere between Labour and the Lib Dems and would very much like them to be able to offer a stable government if Labour dont get an outright majority. I think seeing the two parties being able to debate, discuss and disagree while still working together is the example of consensus politics this country needs to see to counter the extremes of left and right. Along the way I would also like to see the two parties having a serious discussion about electoral reform. Proportional representation may not give you a Labour majority but it is morally and ethically right. It would also guard against parties being hijacked by their extreme wings and then dominating parliament.
Interesting analysis. The big challenge is going to be housebuilding - seems vanishingly unlikely Tory-facing Lib Dems will go for any kind of move towards loosening planning rules.
Yeah - that will likely be an area of tension. Not that in C&S everything has to align. And its possible to do much of the work needed on planning through enforcement of current rules and perhaps a much stronger drive for local powers to build and fewer to block.
Great read. I think I sit somewhere between Labour and the Lib Dems and would very much like them to be able to offer a stable government if Labour dont get an outright majority. I think seeing the two parties being able to debate, discuss and disagree while still working together is the example of consensus politics this country needs to see to counter the extremes of left and right. Along the way I would also like to see the two parties having a serious discussion about electoral reform. Proportional representation may not give you a Labour majority but it is morally and ethically right. It would also guard against parties being hijacked by their extreme wings and then dominating parliament.