Why didn't Nick Clegg join the Conservative party, even though he was pressed to? Why did Vince Cable start his political career with Labour, but move to the Liberal Democrats? It was because neither of them agreed with "the old parties". They wanted to be in a party that chimed with their beliefs more than they wanted careers in a "strong government". Their beliefs, by the way, include the idea that money follows power, and that if you want to redistribute – and make a society more equal – you make devolving power your first priority.
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