Clegg has come up with a great Cleggism today: “ferocity with a purpose.” I think it’s actually the first genuinely candid thing he’s said all week. What he’s basically saying is that all this talk about “savage” cuts and doom and gloom as been a calculated attempt to wrong foot the party and “drag” (his… Continue reading Nick Clegg’s angry dolphin
Month: September 2009
Policy Committee says no to Clegg: game over?
18 of the 29-strong Lib Dem Federal Policy Committee have signed a letter in the Guardian today asserting that… …as a clear majority of members of the FPC, we think it would be valuable to clarify now that we predict that our commitment to scrap tuition fees, as part of our plans to create a… Continue reading Policy Committee says no to Clegg: game over?
Taking risks is about more than stunts
I get the impression that Guy Aitchison is getting frustrated with me. While conceding that the Lib Dems need to take more risks, I keep dismissing suggestions that we should do things like David Marquand’s idea about self-organising elections to the Lords (my response here) and Mark Littlewood’s idea about fielding a candidate in Buckingham… Continue reading Taking risks is about more than stunts