Some voters may soon regret punishing their former Liberal Democrat MPs. Most Lib Dem seats went to the Tories. This, along with the tidal wave of the SNP in Scotland, secured David Cameron a majority.
So far we have not really witnessed austerity.
Now without the restraining hand of the Lib Dems we could lose the Human Rights Act and who knows what else during the next five years.
S Zapello, Address supplied
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