Both parties hammered the Lib Dems as a clutch of very slender victories gave Labour their point of light on election night.
There are better ways of hitting back at Clegg than responding in kind.
Another Liberal Democrat promoted. (And more Tories will seethe.)
By Tim MontgomerieFollow Tim on Twitter One of the more remarkable things about the Lib/Con Coalition is the absence of disunity on the central project of deficit reduction. I would also have predicted that a Lib Dem backbencher might have defected by now. Despite real tensions on the government benches it hasn't happened. What is happening, […]
By Tim MontgomerieFollow Tim on Twitter I wrote a long blog yesterday on the factors that are leading David Cameron to worry that another hung parliament is very possible and that he may need a continuing relationship with Nick Clegg's Liberal Democrats after the next election. I got a call from one Tory minister who asked […]
By Matthew BarrettFollow Matthew on Twitter. Below is a selection of prominent Lib Dems' reactions to David Cameron's veto at the European summit this week. Sharon Bowles, the Lib Dem MEP who chairs the European Parliament's Economic and Monetary Affairs Committee, has made several strange remarks yesterday and today. In an interview yesterday, she said she wants […]
By Matthew BarrettFollow Matthew on Twitter It's the conference season, and the annual gathering of Lib Dems gave senior Libs the opportunity to bash the Conservatives, bash the rich, bash government policies, and bash anything else likely to get a smile out of the downtrodden activists in attendance. We can review who has moved up […]
By Matthew BarrettFollow Matthew on Twitter Simon Hughes, the Deputy Leader of the Liberal Democrats, and a distinguished fellow of the Yellow B**tards League, made an interesting appearance on Sky News this morning – interesting because Hughes refused to blame Cameron for meeting Andy Coulson at Chequers: "I have to say, I think if you […]
By Matthew Barrett and Tim Montgomerie On Wednesday, we reported that Tory MPs at the 1922 Committee wanted to "get those yellow b**tards", in reference to Liberal Democrats who were criticising Andrew Lansley's NHS reforms, having voted for it before. In today's Mail on Sunday James Forsyth writes that 10 Downing Street is at the […]
Tim Montgomerie The Liberal Democrats' Deputy Leader, Simon Hughes, has been appointed as the Coalition's "Advocate for Access to Education”. It's an unpaid post but is recognition by Downing Street that the tuition fees policy has not yet been effectively communicated. The Prime Minister has asked Mr Hughes to encourage students from poorer backgrounds to […]
By Tim Montgomerie Mr Hughes, the Liberal Democrats' Deputy Leader, is hardly off the media these days defining the limits to Lib/Con co-operation. Today he has ruled out a non-aggression pact between his party and the Conservatives at the next election. He certainly has his party's constitution on his side. He notes that the LibDem […]