Three-quarters of Lib Dem manifesto becoming government policy – independent research
Sunday’s Politics Show featured the results of research by independent academics into how each party in the Coalition Government is doing at getting its polices enacted.
The conclusion? Three-quarters (75%) of the Liberal Democrat manifesto is being turned into government policy, compared to noticeably less (60%) of the Conservative manifesto, as illustrated in this screenshot:
(For a sample of those Lib Dem policies being put into action see What The Hell Have The Lib Dems Done?)
More talk on coalition and electoral reform
I was also on the BBC yesterday talking about the future of the coalition on The Westminster Hour, with Tim Montgomerie again and, for Labour, Hopi Sen. You can listen again here.
As if that wasn’t enough for bloggers on the BBC, a few hours earlier, I had been over in the BBC studios talking AV with Shane Greer:
Independent research suggests 75% of Lib Dem manifesto has become coalition policy. http://bit.ly/jKDJHl
Three-quarters of Lib Dem manifesto becoming government policy – independent research: http://t.co/ZK8kxpW
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Interesting link from Mark Pack!… http://fb.me/WDHkVSRx
@PrieneV The Lib Dems joined the coalition to get LOTS of things, many of which we are getting! 75% of our manifesto http://is.gd/mGP6j7