LIBERAL PARTY AND LOYALTY

I've blogged before about the Liberals apparent lack of understanding of things like Cabinet responsibility, loyalty and so on. Their philosophy of never seeming to make a decision unless everyone has "bought in" to a particular viewpoint is typical Liberal behaviour.  Great approach if you run a company's Human Resource Department, but hopeless if you run the company. Futile if you run a country.

Shame really because we might have had an effective Coalition if all parties to the Coalition had been prepared to make courageous decisions, to show absolute loyalty to the Coalition, and to upset more than a few people here and there along the way.  Ever met a Liberal who could do even one of those things?

The mass Liberal abstention this week will probably cause their party no end of trouble. Had they really thought through the consequences? Even the Opposition were moved, but delighted of course, by such treachery.  Could this be the beginning of the end for the Liberal Party? It's getting to the point where the damage caused by such behaviour (I've even heard it called childish behaviour) may take them beyond the point of no political return.  

So what can the Liberals do to stop the rot? It's a tough one.  But for sure there's no point in trying to put lipstick on a pig. And perhaps that says it all.  Let's face it Liberals are just jolly nice people. Far too nice to get involved in government.  Think +Vince Cable.  Bless him.