The
Tory side of the Coalition will almost unanimously, apart from the uber - modernisers, oppose Lords» reform and the Liberal Democrats will oppose changes to employment law.
«It feels to me that there's a growing disquiet on the Conservative
side of the coalition about these plans, plus there are Liberal Democrat MPs who share the concern.»
«They can't keep
their side of coalition bargain - who will trust them again?»
This must be a respite for the current department of transport and new transport secretary, considering how all the controversies surrounding potential aviation policy have recently been a thorn in
the side of the coalition.
«The prime minister clearly has to work out how he can deliver
his side of the coalition bargain,» Hughes told the BBC Radio 4 Today programme.
Given that the last parliament's MPs have already voted for both an 80 % elected upper House and a 100 % elected Lords, public opinion is likely to be on
the side of the coalition government.
But frustrations on
both sides of the coalition and a deepening split with the Labour party this autumn are steadily reducing the chances of agreement being reached along the lines of the timetable set out before the September 18th «No» vote.
It will be interesting to see how the two Clinton's are able to resolve the intellectual tensions between them and bring voters together to support the Democratic ticket or whether they finally split and alienate
both sides of their coalition now that only their reputations and futures are at stake and not their careers and livelihoods, but they still look strong and together they are far more appealing and coherent that any amount of Lieberman swill.
As the «women problem» perennially plagues David Cameron, whether from people defending the PM or slamming him for seemingly inching away from filling his cabinet with more women, the business secretary acknowledged: «Women are underrepresented in
both sides of the coalition, and in Parliament, which should be representative of the country... We're not doing enough.»
Government ministers from the Conservative and Liberal Democrat
sides of the Coalition shouldn't pretend that they agree on everything.
But this process has intensified after the failure this summer of David Cameron, in Lib Dem eyes, to deliver
his side of the coalition agreement on reform of the House of Lords.
He told BBC Radio 4's Today programme: «There is a sense within the Home Office — and it is sensed around the rest of government,
both sides of the coalition — Theresa May behaves as though the Conservatives won the last election.