@IChewPorridge @Gillinger Rather, Labour weren't interested in a Labour-Liberal Democrats-others coalition - forcing The #LibDems into an arrangement with The Tories.

https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2010/may/11/labour-liberal-democrats-coalition-recriminations

Had no coalition been formed, it's likely that #GE2010 would have been eventually re-staged, leading to even more years of majority Tory government.

@IChewPorridge @Gillinger Labour being absolutely unappealing at #GE2010 is what facilitated David Cameron as PM.

...And Labour were unappealing, due to the austerity which they had already implemented. Teachers were already striking due to cuts, during the last majority Labour government.

Your revisionism of the actual facts is unhelpful, at best. No, The #LibDems are absolutely not responsible for Brexit either!

https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/first-national-teachers-strike-in-21-years-will-hit-pupils-preparing-for-their-exams-2qpj353pf8s

@drg40 @ChrisMayLA6 @Deembe @JuniperJump No?

The #LibDems didn't enter a confidence & supply agreement with The Tories, as a result of #GE2010. They entered a coalition.

I think the electorate's apathetic view of "they're all the same, so no point in voting" stems more from the highly-polarised left-wing & right-wing news media in this country - compounded by the fact that there's very little difference between the Labour and The Tories on many issues at present.

@ChrisMayLA6 @Deembe @JuniperJump Had the #LibDems entered into a confidence & supply agreement with The Tories after #GE2010 it's highly probable that another General Election would have occurred sooner rather than later. There would have been no impetus for the #LibDems to vote for any Tory policies at all, causing stalemate.

Labour would not have won a #GE2010 part two, or #GE2011. THEY ALREADY LOST AN ELECTION DUE TO THEIR IMPLEMENTING AUSTERITY DURING THE LAST MAJORITY LABOUR GOVERNMENT.

@ChrisMayLA6 @Deembe @JuniperJump c. ALL of the main three parties' #GE2010 manifestos, intended to introduce further austerity measures, to cut public spending.

Austerity (which began under the last majority Labour government) was a reaction by ALL to the global financial crash of 2008...

...NOT because The #LibDems entered into a coalition government.

https://www.theguardian.com/news/datablog/2010/apr/28/general-election-2010-spending-cuts-ifs

@LibDemCampaigner @RobinKey 1. Labour shunned a potential Labour-Liberal Democrats-others coalition in the aftermath of #GE2010.

Had the general election been re-staged (if the #LibDems had not agreed to go into coalition with the Conservatives) it's highly likely that The Conservatives would have won outright - thus delivering an additional five years of unfettered Toryism.

https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2010/may/11/labour-liberal-democrats-coalition-recriminations

@RobinKey Yes, I know.

Shame that most others aren't just as aware of Labour's similar backtracking on the tuition fees they introduced in the first instance.

https://www.channel4.com/news/factcheck/factcheck-how-students-have-been-misled-and-lied-to-for-20-years

Also important to note that the #LibDems #GE2010 manifesto (which contained the pledge to scrap tuition fees for undergraduates by 2016) was formally replaced by the Joint Coalition Agreement upon entering government. Thus, the manifesto pledge wasn't technically reneged upon, as the manifesto was rendered moot.

@filmcritic Anybody who claims that The #LibDems sold their soul at #GE2010 really has no idea.

Labour didn't win, because they were unpopular, after already implementing austerity measures.

Had the general election been re-staged later that year, the Tories would undoubtedly have won with an outright majority.

Psychologically, many are wary of backing losers. A second general election in 2010 would have resulted in many more voting Tory instead of Labour or Lib Dems

https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2010/may/11/labour-liberal-democrats-coalition-recriminations

I will always consider Jo Swinson's greatest moment during #GE2019 to be her interview with Andrew Neil, when she finally *stopped* apologising and noted that Labour had also planned similar public service cuts, had they won #GE2010.

#LibDemFightback

ALL of the main three parties' #GE2010 manifestos, intended to introduce austerity measures, to cut public spending.

Austerity was a reaction by ALL to the global financial crash of 2008...

...NOT because The #LibDems entered into a coalition government.

https://www.theguardian.com/news/datablog/2010/apr/28/general-election-2010-spending-cuts-ifs

Some feel that The #LibDems are tainted, as they somehow enabled public spending austerity cuts by The Tories.

The truth is that public spending cuts were already planned by the last LABOUR budget in March 2010, two months prior to #GE2010.

https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2010/mar/25/alistair-darling-cut-deeper-margaret-thatcher

We could have had a #LibDems-Labour-others coalition at #GE2010, had Labour not been so stubborn during negotiations.

Yes, the numbers to do so were feasible, but this required Labour to be on-board, before even speaking with other smaller parties.

https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2010/may/11/labour-liberal-democrats-coalition-recriminations

We could have had a Lib-Lab-others coalition at #GE2010, had Labour not been so stubborn during negotiations.

https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2010/may/11/labour-liberal-democrats-coalition-recriminations

The #LibDems #GE2010 manifesto only stated that an #EURef should be offered THE NEXT TIME there was a fundamental change between The UK's relationship with the The EU.

There had been no fundamental change comparable to The Lisbon Treaty from 2010-2016.