Yesterday heralded the beginning of a new political era.
Nick and Dave went out of their way to show a united front at the news conference hastily convened in the garden of Number 10.
Having seen these two men attack each other so vigorously just a couple of weeks ago, it is hard to believe that they are now colleagues in government, working with a common purpose.
Dealing with the economy and cutting the huge budget deficit is clearly top of the agenda.
The new government faces making decisions which will not be popular with the electorate. Already we know of the plans to make |£6bn worth of spending cuts this financial year. Crucial services such as housing will be hit.
Now there is talk of raising VAT to 20%.
It is significant that Cameron has appointed Lib Dem David Laws as Chief Secretary to the Treasury. He will be the man responsible for deciding where the spending axe will fall in the government's quest to cut the budget deficit.
Those Lib Dem activists unhappy with their Leader getting into bed with the Tories in the first place will now have a convenient scapegoat at which to vent their anger during this new age of austerity.
This generation of Members will never forgive the Leadership for what they have done.
The Party will be totally wiped out at the next election.
In my mind they have committed electoral suicide.
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