THE party political conference season has kicked off with the Liberal Democrats in Liverpool, and this year the news media are now paying attention to what is going on.
It’s funny to think that a year ago most people had not heard of the Lib Dem leader Nick Clegg. It was laughable when in his conference speech last year he talked about a dream team Liberal Democrat Cabinet in government. Who would have thought that a year later Clegg would be the Deputy Prime Minister, with a handful of Lib Dem MPs joining him at the Conservative Liberal Democrat coalition cabinet table.
Now with a hand in power, and at a time when the coalition Government is having to make tough decisions, over the next few years Lib Dems will have to be involved in key decisions which often go against their party’s beliefs.
In his speech Clegg urged conference to ‘hold our nerve’ to serve a full five years in government and the British public to ‘stick with us’ through the cuts the coalition will have to make to slash the budget deficit. The Liberal Democrats may be putting on a brave face now but when the coalition Government start to make budget cuts will there still be an appetite for the LibCon team? How much will change by time Clegg makes his conference speech next year?
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