Polls put Lib Dems in second place
By Ian Dunt The Liberal Democrats have overtaken Labour in the first set of polls to come through since last Thursday’s TV debate. A YouGov poll for the Sun put the Conservatives on 33%, the Liberal Democrats up eight points to 30% and Labour lagging behind on 28%. This evening two polls underlined rapid Lib […]
Comment: The Lib Dems can’t work with Cameron
No matter what he says, Nick Clegg’s relationship with David Cameron would fall apart within months of a hung parliament By Matthew West In the past week Lord Adonis has appeared to take a certain amount of pleasure in winding up the Liberal Democrats. Last week, in the Independent he encouraged Lib Dem voters in […]
Election campaign derailed by ash-cloud
By Ian Dunt The election campaign was derailed by a gas-cloud approaching Britain today, with several events cancelled or rearranged. The massive volcanic cloud was created by an eruption under a glacier in the Eyjafjallajoekull area of Iceland, which is still ongoing. Vince Cable, Lib Dem Treasury spokesman, has his trip to Dumfermline and Edinburgh […]
Sketch: The oh so serious Lib Dems
The Lib Dem leader wants to be taken seriously, but his manifesto launch lacked scale and ambition. By Matthew West It’s got to be tough being a Lib Dem. You spend all of your time trying to be taken seriously and having big ideas and everyone just talks about how you’re a bunch of sandal […]
Audio: Luton South candidate interviews
Candidates from the main parties give their take on the problems faced by Luton South – and why they should be the expenses-ravaged constituency’s next MP. – – – – – Labour’s Gavin Shuker is defending disgraced MP Margaret Moran’s 14.7% notional majority. Here he talks about the impact of the expenses scandal, local issues […]
Lib Dem manifesto: ‘Hardwiring’ fairness into Britain
By Ian Dunt The Liberal Democrats can “hardwire” fairness into British society through reform of the tax system, Nick Clegg has said at the launch of his party’s manifesto. This morning’s event, held in the City, brings a week of manifesto releases to an end. Speaking at the launch, Lib Dem leader Nick Clegg said: […]
Nick Clegg’s wife lambasts ‘patronising’ media
By politics.co.uk staff Nick Clegg’s wife has hit out at the ‘patronising’ coverage of politicians’ spouses. The international lawyer has faced considerable scrutiny for not hitting the campaign trail in the same manner as Samantha Cameron and Sarah Brown. Miriam Gonzalez Durantez holds down a full time job during the week, but joins […]
Clegg’s five-point plan to end unfair bonuses
By Sabine Klensch Nick Clegg and Vince Cable unveiled a five-point plan to end the bonus culture at failing banks this morning. The two men also attacked bank bonuses as being symbolic of the culture of greed and excess that dominated the City. Mr Clegg said his party would regulate against excessive bonuses, so that […]
Sketch: Two-man band strike a duff note
Theirs is a beautiful relationship: a meeting of minds which has elevated the Liberal Democrats to, er, exactly the same place they were five years ago. By Alex Stevenson In the orange corner: Nick Clegg, the youthful and energetic leader who specialises in bounding out of bed to be fresh-faced in front of the nation’s […]
Clegg: Don’t trust the Labour manifesto
By Alex Stevenson Nick Clegg has torn into Labour’s record on tax, on the day the governing party unveils its manifesto. The Liberal Democrat leader said the Labour party had failed to deliver on their promises on “fairness and new politics” contained in the manifestoes for the 1997, 2001 and 2005 campaigns. Speaking in an […]
