Reasons to be cheerful about the Lib Dems place in gov (from Shevek's partner)
1) 800,000 people taken out of tax altogether - millions more to follow in next three years
2) pensions finally linked to earnings after 13 years of no movement by Labour
3) end to child detention
4) referendum on electoral reform
5) plans for an elected house of Lords
6) pupil premium for poorest children
7) a deputy prime-minister willing to speak his mind over Iraq at the despatch box
8) scrapping ID cards
9) review of 28 day detention without charge
10) no third runway at Heathrow
11) High Speed Rail extended across country
12) Banking Levy
13) Capital gains tax raised to 28%
14) investment in cancer treatment particularly new cancer drugs
15) an end to LGBT asylum seekers being sent back to countries of origin where they risk being persecuted
16) support for Ken Clarkes rehabilitation agenda in relation to prisons
17) renewing traditional ties with Commonwealth countries like India
18) plans for a gay marriage bill
19) Devolution in NHS, Education and police forces
20) major investment in renewable energy and no public subsidy for nuclear
21) better benefit support for people that really need it
more to come...
