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?
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Commenting Freely on Nick Clegg
My article on Clegg’s Demos speech is now up on Comment is Free: At a time when the Department for Work and Pensions is to be put under renewed pressure, limiting talk of social justice to tax cuts is unconvincing. What’s worse, it is clearly failing to win people over. Today’s ICM poll may show… Continue reading Commenting Freely on Nick Clegg
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