If we do go into coalition government again, whether or not the electoral system changes, we would need to try doing it differently, in three ways: first, we should adopt a transactional approach from day one in an effort to communicate that we are in fact fighting for our values; second, we should be ruthless about protecting the interests of our core supporters, including students and public sector workers; and third, we really, really need to be luckier — whatever one's analysis about the Liberal Democrats in government, the rise of Scottish nationalism and the
fearful response to it south of the border is something the party neither
caused nor could do very much about.
Desensitization is the repeated, controlled exposure to the stimulus that usually
causes a
fearful or anxious
response in such a way that the cat does not respond with the undesirable
response.