I was woken this morning by texts asking if I’d heard that Chamali Fernando – putative candidate for London mayor and sister of party president candidate Chandila Fernando – has resigned the party. It transpires that his is apparently true. No word as to why, but I understand it happened before the vote on tuition… Continue reading EXCLUSIVE: Chamali Fernando quits the Lib Dems
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A secret Lib-Lab plot?
So claims Peter Oborne, something which appears to have got the Tories into a right tizzy. Stephen Tall at Lib Dem Voice has debunked most of it so I will try to avoid repeating what he has said. It should also be pointed out that Clegg in particular has been linked to rumours (also by… Continue reading A secret Lib-Lab plot?
One Year On: Orange Bookers Found Wanting
If the newspapers are anything to go by, Nick Clegg has taken the party irreversibly to the right; we are all economic liberals now. Strange then that, on the day Clegg marks his first year as leader he unveils a policy of purist Keynsianism. Still, as the old saying goes: if you have a reputation… Continue reading One Year On: Orange Bookers Found Wanting