Labour Lib Dem coalition

It's long been part of Labour Party doctrine that it's a Labour government or nothing and they don't do coalitions, so no great surprise there. If they were short of a majority after the next election I imagine they would first look at the feasibility of running a minority government as long as possible, like Harold Wilson in 1964 and 1974a, either calling a fresh election if they ran into trouble or arranging a confidence and supply agreement as James Callaghan did in the last year or so of his government. It's a tricky game to play though, and Starmer is no Harold Wilson with the wiles to carry that off.

I'm an advocate for proper PR, as we have in Scotland for local elections. I hope that would bring an end to the two-party machine system and introduce a wider range of opinion and more pragmatic legislation rather than one monolithic bloc ramming contentious legislation through by brute force. Never mind 'strong' government with compromise being a dirty word.

Anything but Tories.

It would certainly be a happier political marriage than the Tory/Lib Dem coalition, and the majority would be large. I can think of worse outcomes to the next general election.

Perhaps he recalls Nick Clegg in the rose garden

I would like the Greens involved as well.
They do seem to care about people other than those who go out to work.

But he's always ruled out a coalition before.

Perhaps he's beginning to see sense.

Starmer apparently was asked about a coalition with the LibDems who have certain conditions attached to a coalition with Labour. Interesting times ahead.

I really hope this will happen and with the Greens too.