Quote ="Dita's Slot Meter"Personally, I believe that only one party is capable of winning an overall majority at the next election, and that is the Tories - They will have the vast majority of the media batting for them and once the serious campaigning begins, then that is when Milliband's uselessness will be shown for all to see.... They will go to town on him and rip his credibility to shreds.
However, I still don't think that will be enough to get Cameron an outright win - If he couldn't do it 2010, as a fresh faced, bright new hope, against a tired, torn apart Brown-led Labour, then you struggle to see how he can do it now.
Personally, I'd like to see a Lab-Lib coalition - Most liberals probably regret Clegg not having the balls to do it 2010. Instead, by hanging onto the coattails of the Tories, they have had their reputation as a credible third party blown to pieces. It certainly would seem to make more sense, for a party with the Liberal's ideologies, to want to work with Labour more than with the Tories... They could definitely be more effective and look more 'friendly' to the electorate than they presently do, because, at the moment, they are a toxic brand.'"
The other way of looking at it is that Labour are the Lib Dems main rivals, they're both chasing the same section of the electorate. The growth of the Labour Party in the 20th century was achieved by almost wiping out the Liberal Party so they've no reason to feel any affinity to them. The last time they palled up with Labour with the Lib Lab pact, they were faired no better at the subsequent election than they will do this time. And if they have any serious ambitions to grow as a political force (eg to have 150+ seats) they can only do that at the expense of the Labour Party, not by being its junior partner.
The Lib Dems problems are less to do with them being in a coalition with the Tories, more that power exposes the fact that they're not very good.
