Silence is golden?

The coalition was and is a big deal. Not only is it a relatively shiny and new concept, people have been genuinely intrigued as to how it will actually function as a government.

Well thus far there have been two main themes; first the reversal of all things Labour from economic policies to social policies. The second has been the relative invisibility of the Liberal Democrats; in everything from policy to actual physical appearances.

In fact the only times that the Liberal Democrats have fronted the government were to announce some of the early more painful measures of the government. So far so bad.

However, this silence could go two ways entirely in an electoral situation. First, the silence could be viewed as weakness; the Liberal Democrats inability to make their mark on the political stage. Second, the silence could be viewed as stoic survival in an uncomfortable situation. They could use all of these 'painful' measures to only further differentiate themselves as pragmatists but not radicals.

And whilst this is all going we will stay glued waiting for this government's true rise or fall.