As coalition negotiations draw to a close, The Sunday Telegraph can reveal another government possibility.

A leak sent anonymously to The Sunday Telegraph has revealed the structure of the cabinet in a Conservative-Libertarian Government, commonly referred to as the ‘Blurple’ government.

The evidence (pictured below) reveals that the Conservatives are planning a government with the LPUK, after it was revealed by MChallenge yesterday that they were also negotiating with the Classical Liberals and New Britain.

Leaked Cabinet from the Agreement

The leaked screenshot is from the Coalition Agreement between the two parties and shows which parties would get which cabinet positions in a government.

The Tories would keep the job of Prime Minister, making this Leafy_Emerald’s fifth government in the role, while Friedmanite19 would still be Deputy Prime Minister.

Some Departments have also changed. A new ‘Minister of State for Security’ has been created under the Home Secretary, although no further details of the role have been changed, while the controversial decision of the last government to merge the Departments for Energy & Climate Change and the Department for Business has been reversed.

A larger change is the apparent change of Digital, Culture, Media and Sport to “Equalities, Culture and Media”, also abolishing the Minister of State for Equalities and moving Sport along to the Health Department.

This matches changes seen in the Con-CLib-NB, leaked by MChallenge yesterday. However, the CLib cabinet is vastly more populated by Tories, with them holding numerously more roles in the more centre of the two.

eelsemaj99, the Deputy Leader of the Conservatives, said,

I am unhappy that this leaked but yes I am very content with the cabinet we negotiated as part of the agreement.

eelsmaj99

Friedmanite19 said he is absolutely happy with the make up of the cabinet.



The anonymous source also revealed that the Conservatives originally wanted New Britain to be a part of this Blurple government, however, despite their efforts, Akc8 refused to work with the LPUK.

eelsemaj said,

We [the Conservatives] approached New Britain about forming a deal with the LPUK but ultimately they decided that in good faith they couldn’t negotiate a deal with a party with whom they fundamentally agree with, and we respect their decision. We hope to work with all parties across the house in or out of government where we have agreement.

eelsemaj99

The leader of New Britain akc8 said the reason for this refusal was because his party and the LPUK are ‘incompatible parties’.

We did reject the idea with working with the LPUK as ultimately we are incompatible parties. We are a centre left third way party that seeks to use the state to better the lives of all people in the country, which is in direct contrast to the small state ideals of the LPUK. While last term the government was needed to stop the no deal emergency this term we have MPs that need to respect the manifesto we were elected on. We would be unable to do this in government with a much larger LPUK.

akc8

In response to the leak, Friedmanite said “If is true then I respect their decision, and will always be willing to work with them productively on areas we can find common ground.”



If these leaks are true and this agreement is the foundation of the next government (provided both the LPUK and the Tories decide to go for it), it may show that the Tories have moved right, supporting a party some have even gone as far to call extremist. Or, could we be seeing a softening of the LPUK’s stance, with them ready to commit to a term of government with the party from which they broke away, and happy to work with a party that labels itself “centre-left”. And the cabinet is clearly more in favour of the LPUK and the Tories, as the Tories have a smaller proportion of the cabinet seats than the LPUK, but have they gained in other areas? The policies of a Blurple Government are still yet to be known.

What we can tell is that whatever happens, the next government certainly won’t be the same old.