They fear that if Sir Keir Starmer and Sir Ed Davey agree to share power it would be the "end of the Britain we know and love".
The Lib Dems went into the last election with pledges to "stop Brexit", legalise the sale of cannabis, scrap the present electoral system and give the vote to 16 and 17-year-olds. It is claimed they are now "even more Left-wing than Labour".
Conservatives are horrified at the thought of Sir Ed and his top lieutenants securing Cabinet positions.
One former minister said they feared "Just Stop Oil and Extinction Rebellion would be given the green light to wreak havoc on British streets".
Tories already uneasy with plans to achieve "net zero" carbon emissions will worry even tougher measures to clamp down on cars would be in the pipeline.
A top concern about a coalition is that democracy, as it has been known for generations, could be "destroyed" with the first-past-the-post voting system replaced with proportional representation.
Critics say this would result in hung parliaments after each election, triggering political and economic instability.
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