James Forsyth James Forsyth

Lib Dem activists less than gleeful about the coalition

Last night, Liberal Democrats gathered for their traditional conference glee club. It is a light-hearted occasion with lots of communal singing and jokes. But some of the gags did seem to vocalise a certain unease about the coalition.
 
There was a very lusty rendition of a song that went like this, to the tune of The Twelve Days of Christmas:

On the first day of coalition The Tories gave to me A referendum on AV On the second day of merger The Tories gave to me Absolutely zilch And a referendum on AV On the third day of coalition The Tories gave to me Sweet FA Absolutely zilch And a referendum on AV

The song continues in this vein until we reach the twelfth day. Now, it should be noted that this song is a tribute to an earlier song about the merger between the Liberals and the SDP, and is meant in jest. But the enthusiasm with which it was belted out was telling.
 
P.S.
A bottle of champagne to the person who can compose the best Tory version of this song. 

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