Smokingboot

But as we see from other arguments on this thread, three quarters of the population were not fired up for electoral reform - I am pro a referendum on the matter, but I don't think it was appropriate for this issue to take centre stage, and I winced to see it reduced to a blackmail tool.

One appropriate way to deal with it would have been for Clegg to announce that he was opening discussions with both Labour and Tory to iron out a compromise that's good for the country, rather than be seen to go from one to the other looking for the best deal. In a time when Cameron was talking about the national interest, Clegg's party were all about what Clegg's party wanted.

I am not saying this is the case, but it certainly looked that way.