Next Thursday, those of us who feel suuficiently engaged will enter a voting booth and cast our vote. Before we do so, we need to heed the very real warnings which make this election unique in a number of ways. Barring celestial intervention, we will once again see a coalition government. To consider that eventuality, it is instructive to cast a critical eye over our current ConLib coalition. Has it been a disaster? No, I don't think that would be fair. Had it been a Conservative majority, it might possibly have become a disaster with the scythe through public services veering too far to the right. We must also remind ourselves that Gordon Brown did his utmost to form a minority coalition but soon conceded defeat. In life, we need a bit of luck and Brown's had long since dried up. History I fear will be rather unkind to Gordon Brown. He promised us prudence and delivered profligacy. The sales ethos founded across the pond in North America is based on a simple foundation: