Um, I'm not a visceral opponent of Thatcher, and I think she was better than many made out, but if you think that she ended divisions in her tenure I have some beans I want to sell you... "Thatcher, is determined to govern on behalf of Brits across all socio-economic groups" Sorry, I think I lived in a alternative Britain. Maybe one of those damn alternative universe things, as the Thatcher I know did everything to divide Britain and smash those who voices opinions which were not in line with hers. A sizeable number of voters have been very fickle. Another sizeable group have been ultra loyal. Perhaps there are fewer ultra loyal Conservatives, however where seats are won and lost it is not clear that this is not just as true for Labour. The number of Liberal loyalists has been much smaller for a very long time. If the Lib Dem vote is greatly reduced, both Conservatives and Labour will benefit. Conservatives directly, but Labour could gain possibly more indirectly. FPTP is outragiously unfair on the Lib Dems and the electorate (with even slightly better representation the coalition would look very, very different); however FPTP does mean that the decline of Lib Dem votes will not be matched by the loss of seats. Come the next election, however, Labour are on course for entering the election basically claiming that they will do the same but kindlier. This happened in 1997, but that was at the onset of an economic