The Guardian has announced its latest ICM poll with great fanfare, declaring what we already new months ago: Cameron is quite popular. But it is also quite good news for the Lib Dems. Standard disclaimers about opinion polls just being a snapshot notwithstanding, I think we should be pleased that the Lib Dems have stayed… Continue reading Keep your eye on the Brown ball
Category: musings
Green Waste
I hate to be such a nay-sayer all the time, but what a wasted opportunity Kennedy’s speech on climate change was today. Don’t get me wrong; he’s absolutely right to criticise the Tories and Labour – we still have a stronger record on the environment than them. But it doesn’t appear to have moved us… Continue reading Green Waste
The Lib Dem Hokey Cokey
Lord Tony has taken exception to Martin Kettle‘s article about the Lib Dems this Saturday. His beef is that the “modernist centrists” that Kettle is referring to are actually “Blairite rightwingers.” As usual, I find myself half agreeing with the learned Lord. Martin Kettle’s writing about the radical centre leaves me scratching my head about… Continue reading The Lib Dem Hokey Cokey