Reply #9: Ugh to left-right alliances!

[LeftishBrit]

They are fine if just on a single issue - but making them formal?

Either you end up with a hard-right populism that can bear the seeds of fascism; or you end up with the conservatives using the progressives as pawns and tools as they put through economic policies that rob the poor to give to the rich. Not that I'd know anything about the latter type of situation :sarcasm:(thanks for nothing, Nick Clegg!)

I am particularly amazed that someone whose early career was dedicated to the cause of consumer protection would be prepared to align himself with right-libertarians, who believe in almost unlimited rights for businesses, and 'let the buyer beware!'