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and talking vince cable and the libdems.
heres somthing that uncle vince said earlyer.
And Calculating 154 Comments
5:27pm UK, Saturday May 07, 2011
Ruth Barnett, political reporter
Business Secretary Vince Cable has described the Conservatives as "ruthless and calculating" after the country overwhelmingly voted against changing the electoral system.
The senior Liberal Democrat said the coalition would become more "businesslike" in the wake of a bitter refendum campaign which saw the two governing parties on different sides of the argument.
In an interview, Mr Cable said: "Some of us never had many illusions about the Conservatives, but they have emerged as ruthless, calculating and thoroughly tribal, but that doesn't mean to say we can't work with them."
He also acknowledged the AV cause was "dead for the foreseeable future".
His remarks came after Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg said losing the referendum had been a "bitter blow".
"In a democracy when you ask a question and you get an overwhelming answer, you just have to accept it and move on," he said.
In only the second nationwide referendum in the UK, the No campaign won with 67.9% of the vote (13m votes), beating the Yes camp who polled 32.1% (6.1m votes).
Provisional figures from the Electoral Commission suggested turnout was 41.8%.
sky election expert: no comfort at all for lib dems
Lib Dems wanted the country to vote yes, but Conservatives including the Prime Minister wanted to keep first-past-the-post.
Former Lib Dem leader Lord Ashdown accused Mr Cameron of "bloody stupidity" for failing to prevent personal attacks on Mr Clegg.
It was David Cameron who recently coined the term "muscular liberalism". Now the Prime Minister is preparing to face some muscular liberals.
Joey Jones, Boulton & Co blog
And Lib Dem peer Baroness Tonge told Sky News the Prime Minister "behaved absolutely appallingly" by campaigning so hard against AV and his coalition partners.
"David Cameron, having promised in the coalition agreement that he wouldn't take part in the referendum campaign, did so and did it in a very personal way by attacking Nick Clegg." she said.
She added her party would fight harder against the Tories on areas of policy including the Health Secretary's controversial NHS reforms. "The game has changed," she said.
scottish lib dem leader tavish scott resigns
However, former Lib Dem leader Sir Menzies Campbell told Sky News: "It is time for the name calling to stop."
He said the negative comments had mainly come from Mr Cable and Energy Secretary Chris Huhne, who he referred to as "two assertive personalities".
But he said it was now time to stop the exchanges and focus on securing economic stability and creating growth, the main reasons behind the coalition.
The Lib Dems also suffered defeats in local elections across the country, losing 752 councillors in England and seeing their support north of the border pour away towards the Scottish National Party.
As a result of what he referred to as the "disastrous result", Tavish Scott, leader of the Scottish Liberal Democrat Party, has resigned.
lib dem voters vent their collective spleen
Alex Salmond's SNP celebrated an unexpectedly good result in Scotland, returning to Holyrood for a second term as First Minister and prompting Iain Gray to announce he would step down as the leader of Scottish Labour.
Labour gained 839 seats and 26 councils but were sorely disappointed by their performance in Scotland.
home secretary: the coalition will survive the av vote
The Conservatives gained 94 seats - a surprise to many as they started with a high number of councillors and losses are often considered inevitable for any party in government.
Over the next few days, there will be intense scrutiny of what impact the results will have on the coalition government.
A Lib Dem party source told Sky News the relationship between the two parties would become more businesslike, with them determined the Government stick to the coalition agreement.
Lord Ashdown Accuses PM Of A Breach Of Faith
They are likely to be more bullish on other areas of constitutional reform, such as overhauling the House of Lords and party funding.
The source also suggested the blame for the defeat should lie with Labour leader Ed Miliband rather than Mr Clegg.
You know you're in interesting times when a Conservative backer of the No To AV campaign heaps praise on Labour MPs.
Boulton & Co blog
Mr Miliband backed the Yes campaign but allowed his MPs to make up their own minds, with most siding against alternative voting.
"I'm disappointed that we lost the AV referendum but I think the people have spoken very clearly on this issue and it is a verdict that I accept," he said when the result was annoying.
Posted by: gb for pm on May 7, 2011 3:53 PMThe only reason cam and clegg want this coalition to stay is because they want to play the big-shots.
Chevenings and the jaguar driven cars are enough for clegg to stay, and being PM (UNELECTED) is the only reason for cameron to keep hold of this coalition!Recommend (26)Report this commentPermalinkPosted by: cymru68 on May 7, 2011 3:53 PMscottie 2 I think you will find that if the uk splits up ,the four countries will be weaker for it.is scotland a rich country?what happens when the oil runs out, is the shipyards booming, i dont think so ,no oil no oil rigs.Recommend (14)Report this commentPermalinkPosted by: CobraOne on May 7, 2011 3:51 PMThere isnt a single politician who really gets it. None of us care a toss about party infighting and we are sick of you all disagreeing with each other to try and score points.
Your jobs is to do our bidding! The AV vote is not dead for the forseeable future its bloody dead period as agreed by a democratic vote.
Vince Cable - you are just beginning to annoy me now. Shut up and do your job and dont dare start thinking that this is Ireland and we will keep voting on the issue until YOU get the answer that YOU want.Recommend (77)Report this commentPermalinkPosted by: www,jellynuts.com on May 7, 2011 3:50 PMThursdays elections prove beyond doubt that the only people who want the tories are those in the south of England and they are not wanted anywhere else!
I can remember as a young lad living on the sussex coast how people used to refere to other parts of Britain like they were insignificant and the people there like they were inferior.
It is that bigoted attitude which was always eventually going to split the UK and I wouldnt be surprised that the north would want independance too never mind Scotland and Wales!
Cable has now seen what the tories are like first hand, lying cheating decieving, grabbers who will do ANYTHING to get their fingers into every pie, much like those who support them!!Recommend (28)Report this commentPermalinkPosted by: The Thunderer on May 7, 2011 3:50 PMNick Clegg, you are the weakest link, goodbye.Recommend (26)Report this commentPermalinkPosted by: Larry4911 on May 7, 2011 3:49 PMClegg, Cable Et al, should not confuse the AV referendum result with a competency vote against the LibDems. The majority of the "People" are not as dim as they (politicians) seam to think. I think most people, realise there is a need for voting reform and would have voted "YES" if they thought the AV system was anything like good enough. The reason for the "NO" vote is because most people realised the complicated and compromised Governments that this system would have thrown upon us. Then there is the problem that we all feel, NOBODY VOTED FOR THE COALITION. We all voted for the party we wanted to win and ended up with a group that not one single person voted for.