We Should Seriously Consider the Conservatives offer.

I know its hard to hear and I know that some people will be saying we should rejecting it straight off for whatever reason but please bare with me.

The First thing has to be that this isn't the final offer and things can change before the final options are forward so lets not judge it as it is.

The Second is that we don't have as much bargaining power as we'd like. 57 seats isn't a strong position to be making claims and seeing as we would make up 1/7th of the seats in total that's not a lot. To demand the world for nothing in return would be ridiculous. we have to be realistic about how much we could demand in exchange and lets be honest a full change in the electoral system is a big ask and one that I don't think the conservatives could deliver (from their MP's or from the House of Lords). However I do believe that he would need to offer something much more significant in this aspect to win people over.

The Third It would provided more confidence for the market and would help the recovery.

The Fourth is that surely it is better to be in a Lib/Con pact and influencing policy than a tory government on its own (of course this isn't a completely accurate as it could be a conservative minority which would mean that we wouldn't have to concend on the more unpopular measures we didn't want)

The Fifth point though is that it would mean that we would be percieved as more ready for government, we'd gain valuable work experience if you will. This could be a huge factor if we do have another election soon and could well mean that then we might be in a better position to negotiate on PR.

The Sixth and final is that a coalition with Labour would mar us as keeping them in power, ESPECIALLY as the Conservatives had the largest amount of votes and seats. Surely we should give this party more attention than the second place party (though not automatically assume we should form a coalition with them).

Now there will be costs, we would have to put through some unpopular policies that we really wouldn't want, but, if we believe in the idea of coalitions then it is something we would have to get use to.

The Conservatives haven't exactly helped themselves with the Conservative home article about the 10k income tax point that has changed it from progressive and fair to regressive in one quick step.

So lets not be hasty, lets wait and hear the negotiations and see what the final deal is.