Dave and Nick may be infatuated with one another, but even they must be doubtful the marriage of inconvenience can last five years So who will be the first to jump ship having conceded this love across the divide was doomed from the start?
Could an excitable Conservative right-winger explode over some real or imagined slight involving the European Union? Liam Fox looks prone to apoplexy. Vince Cable, charged with implementing Tory cuts amounting to millions, looks so miserable that he might soon be advised to consult a doctor – not Liam Fox, obviously. Former Liberal Democrat Charles Kennedy, who refused to back the deal, is another who might benefit from a change of scene and the view he would get back on the opposition benches.
Perhaps David Steel, who has experience of making deals with those he couldn’t stand (David Owen) and those he could (Jim Callaghan) should be asked to set up a branch of Relate at the Palace of Westminster. Better not call it a quango, though.
