Clegg: The banks are holding a gun to our head

By politics.co.uk staff Nick Clegg has launched his most violent attack on the banks yet, saying the City of London has “held a gun to the head of the British economy”. Speaking to politics.co.uk, in a half-hour video interview conducted in association with Yahoo!, the Liberal Democrat leader kept up the pressure on the banks, […]

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Hard-talking Clegg stands up to City

By Alex Stevenson Nick Clegg refused to compromise with a City audience as he outlined why the banking sector needs urgent reform. The Liberal Democrat leader’s comments in a major speech at the Guildhall come just a week before he and Treasury spokesman begin a charm offensive against the City. It is clear that process […]

Clegg: I am not the kingmaker

By Alex Stevenson The British people, not the Liberal Democrats, will decide which party forms the next government, Nick Clegg has told his party’s spring conference. The narrowing Conservative lead in the polls has heightened speculation about a hung parliament – and the potentially decisive impact Lib Dem support for either Gordon Brown or David […]

‘Steady’ cuts needed to win Lib Dems over

By Alex Stevenson The Liberal Democrats would not back a governing party which proposes “merrily slashing” public spending immediately, Nick Clegg has said. Speaking as his party’s spring conference got underway, Mr Clegg said that the Lib Dems opposed starting to address the public spending deficit in the 2010/11 financial year. His comments are in […]

Lib Dems welcome ex-Tory MEP

By Alex Stevenson European parliament vice-president Edward McMillan-Scott has joined the Liberal Democrats after being thrown out of the Conservative party. Mr McMillan-Scott had the Tory whip withdrawn after he stood against the Conservative-approved candidate for the European parliament vice-presidency, Michel Kaminski. He had opposed the Tories’ decision to leave the main centre-right grouping in […]

Porn director for parliament

Anna Arrowsmith, known to the porn industry as Anna Span, is standing for parliament. Her decision to take on Tory Adam Holloway in his Gravesham constituency for the Liberal Democrats has proved divisive, however, with Conservative MP Ann Widdecombe calling her decision to stand for parliament “inappropriate”. Ms Arrowsmith’s successful career in the adult film […]

Porn director eyes long, hard fight for parliament

By politics.co.uk staff The Liberal Democrats have selected award-winning porn director Anna Arrowsmith as a candidate for the general election. Ms Arrowsmith, known to the industry as Anna Span, is taking on Conservative incumbent Adam Holloway in Gravesham after the previous Lib Dem candidate dropped out at the last minute. As the winner of the […]

Put your questions to Nick Clegg

On Wednesday 17th March politics.co.uk will be conducting an in-depth interview with Liberal Democrat leader Nick Clegg. But rather than us ask all the questions we thought we would give our readers the chance to ask a few of their own as well. The interview will focus on the forthcoming general election and the various […]

Clegg wants £10bn deficit repayment

By politics.co.uk staff Nick Clegg has called for Britain to make a £10 billion “repayment” to cut the public deficit. The Liberal Democrat leader said he would find the money by making savings of £15 billion in public spending and announce where these savings would come from later this month. With more and more polls […]