eggmayo
Thanks for answering my question Vince, but it's not really the "working together" part that I have an issue understanding.
Working together is fine and of course I understand the strains of coalition. But every day in the people I choose to work with I look for compromise - they'll give a little on this, I'll give a little on that. But then they ask me to sacrifice beliefs I have held dearly for years, and I have to say "no, sorry, I can't do that, no deal."
My concern is this - you are the acceptable face of the coalition - you're given a licence to come on here and joke around and say the coalition is a "nightmare" - but do you ever worry that in doing so you're just legitimising time and time again the Tories getting away with murder. When is enough enough for you? When do you refuse to go on making the jokes?
Just two thoughts, really. Sorry if you're offended by attempted humour, I think most people prefer it. I don't accept that we let the Tories get away with murder.
We drive hard bargains and I was very pleased yesterday that we got a significant agreement to proceed with radical reform of the banks. Recently I was pressed to do things which would have undermined employees' basic rights in the workplace, but didn't go along with them. That's the way we operate, fighting our corner.
I don't know what the line is I wouldn't cross until I get to it.