I think it is fair to say that the coalition is dead. The lib dems have been, predictably, wiped out in the local elections and lost the referendum on one of their key aims quite badly. I must admit I am slightly surprised – and disappointed – that the Tories weren’t knocked for six too, but I suppose that can be explained: the people are pissed off at the lib dems for delivering them into the hands of the Tories, but Tory voters will continue to mindlessly vote Tory anyway. Last year people voted for lib dems with a view to getting a lib-lab coalition, but instead they got a Tory government. It is now clearer than ever that the people of this country do not want the coalition in power. Indeed, I can quite understand why the scots voted as they did: I’d want to be independent of the jackasses in power down here too.

I suppose both the Tories and the lib dems will pretend everything is okay still, but it isn’t. The fact is the people of the UK do not want either of them in government. There are already huge cracks in cabinet. How the hell can we go on with this shambles?