Notwithstanding my gripe on Thursday, Nick Clegg has had a very good week. He started by putting the finishing touches to his front bench, made a series of appointments regarding reforming party structures (about which I must get around to blogging about it detail at some point), made a well-judged debut at PMQs and has… Continue reading The Clegg era starts here
Tag: policy
Chris Huhne: time to get serious
I really have veered a lot in my views in this leadership election. I’m not used to this phenomenon of genuinely not having made my mind up about something – it’s giddy stuff! So it was that while my default position at the beginning of the campaign was that I’d be voting for Clegg, by… Continue reading Chris Huhne: time to get serious
Clegg’s Council Tax proposals make no sense
I’m afraid my brief excitement that Nick Clegg was about to ditch local income tax proved to be groundless. As Valerie pointed out, he spelt the policy out on the Guardian website earlier this week. At least I think he did: Mr Clegg added that he is committed to replacing council tax with a local… Continue reading Clegg’s Council Tax proposals make no sense