The former Deputy Prime Minister and Sunday Mirror columnist says the Lib Dems are irrelevant as Labour are not playing for a draw at the next election
While I’m prepared to work with the Coalition to save the planet, I’m less inclined to work with Nick Clegg to save his job.
This week the Lib Dem leader graciously revealed that he’s prepared to go into coalition with Labour after the next election.
That’s a bit like me saying I’m happy to be selected by Team GB to do the bobsleigh in Sochi.
Clegg said of Labour: “I think they’ve changed. I think there’s nothing like the prospect of reality in an election to get politicians to think again.”
I agree with Nick. The reality is his party is flat-lining in the polls, they’ve lost all credibility with U-turns on student tuition fees and can’t even retain their deposits at by-elections.
Their party president Tim Farron warns of a wipe-out at the European elections and the Lib Dems will start asking whether they’ll stand a better chance of survival in 2015 if they kick out Nick.
People on the left of his party are already grumbling that they don’t want to ditch policies just to make them more favourable for continuing in coalition. They want their party to have principles.
Clegg has got a principle – one that means a lot to him.
That is that regardless of who’s in government, Nick Clegg must be Deputy Prime Minister.
Ed Miliband is absolutely right to spurn his advances.
At the next election, Labour’s not playing for a draw.
We’re playing to win, we’re planning to win and, by God, we’re fighting to win.
So let Clegg’s clarion call at his party conference be: “Go back to your constituencies and prepare for opposition!”
Mirror
This week the Lib Dem leader graciously revealed that he’s prepared to go into coalition with Labour after the next election.
That’s a bit like me saying I’m happy to be selected by Team GB to do the bobsleigh in Sochi.
Clegg said of Labour: “I think they’ve changed. I think there’s nothing like the prospect of reality in an election to get politicians to think again.”
I agree with Nick. The reality is his party is flat-lining in the polls, they’ve lost all credibility with U-turns on student tuition fees and can’t even retain their deposits at by-elections.
Their party president Tim Farron warns of a wipe-out at the European elections and the Lib Dems will start asking whether they’ll stand a better chance of survival in 2015 if they kick out Nick.
People on the left of his party are already grumbling that they don’t want to ditch policies just to make them more favourable for continuing in coalition. They want their party to have principles.
Clegg has got a principle – one that means a lot to him.
That is that regardless of who’s in government, Nick Clegg must be Deputy Prime Minister.
Ed Miliband is absolutely right to spurn his advances.
At the next election, Labour’s not playing for a draw.
We’re playing to win, we’re planning to win and, by God, we’re fighting to win.
So let Clegg’s clarion call at his party conference be: “Go back to your constituencies and prepare for opposition!”
Mirror
