Liberal Democrats sing about the joys of coalition

By Jonathan Walker on Sep 22, 11 02:44 PM in Politics

I had a great time at the Lib Dem singalong on Tuesday night during the party conference. Birmingham Yardley MP John Hemming was on the keyboards and highlights included this ditty about life in a coalition:

On the fourth day of coalition

The Tories gave to me,

A very small amount,

Sweet FA,

Absolutely zilch,

And a referendum on AV

And so on . . .

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Other memorable tunes included a tribute to Simon Hughes, their Deputy Leader: (To the tune of Postman Pat)

. . . his speech is just beginning

The audience is thinning

Simon is a really wordy man

Of course, Mr Hughes was on stage singing louder than anyone.

The whole thing was just a bit of fun, but I think it provides some insight into what the grassroots party is about.

For anyone still struggling with the idea that the Lib Dems didn't jump at the chance of forming a coalition with Labour last year, there was this ode written in 1997 and still popular today:

. . . baby don't believe the spin

He's just a right wing fraud

So let's not jump aboard

And the chorus, belted out with great gusto (to the tune of American Pie - think "this'll be the day the day that I die"):

Tony Blair can **** off and die!

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