I've just watched Nick Clegg on the Andrew Marr show and I have come to a few conclusions. Nick has (in my opinion) aped David Cameron and duplicated Conservative policies (apart from on the EU) from the day he was installed as Lib Dem leader. This is a exceedingly dodgy strategy to lead the Lib Dems into the next general election. It could work out one of two ways: The Lib Dems could steal v...

The discussion on politicalbetting.com this afternoon and evening has focussed on detail from this morning's YouGov poll which suggests that LD voters strongly favour David Cameron over Gordon Brown and that 50% of Lib Dem voters think that David Cameron is doing "fairly well" as Conservative leader. From this, Mike Smithson posits, as he has done on several occasions, that the correct Lib De...

Brent Council's Liberal Democrats have lied again over raising council tax. Before the last election the Lib Dems promised to freeze Brent's council tax whilst their Conservative allies promised to cut it. In fact, the Lib Dem/Tory coalition has actually increased council tax by more than £100 since they came to power in 2006. In addition, the Lib Dems have imposed a series of stea...

And verily did David Cameron spake forth unto the multitude of political journalists desperate for Bank Holiday copy, and lo he did utter his New Year platitude: Let’s be honest that whether you’re Labour, Conservative or Liberal Democrat, you’re motivated by pretty much the same progressive aims: a country that is safer, fairer, greener and where

Every Tory I have spoken to this week has said the same thing, ‘aren’t the Lib Dems having a terrible time.’ The Tories are particularly happy because they see the Lib Dems’ credibility on economics taking a bartering thanks to the total confusion over Cable’s proposed new tax on million-pound homes. They also think that the new Lib Dem policy will hurt the Lib Dems i...

To quote a pal of mine, I'll believe the Lib Dems are moving into the mainstream when radio phoneins and newspaper comment th4reads start featuring contributions from lifelong Lib Dem voters, instead of people who've "always voted conservative but now I'm voting Lib Dem because of David Cameron's extreme right-wing policies which could lead to 70 million British children dying every year... " Hey,...

I blame the Tories. Ever since David Cameron became their leader, he’s been determined to ‘love-bomb’ the Lib Dems. Love-bombing is the ingenious tactic by which other parties claim to believe in enough Lib Dem policies without, y’know, actually being Lib Dems. Labour leadership hopeful Ed Miliband was at it last month. Then earlier this

It seems coalitions are in the air.  The Lib Dem and Conservative groups on Oldham Council in Greater Manchester yesterday announced a framework agreement which will see current Lib Dem Council leader Howard Sykes retain the top job, the Conservatives support the Lib Dem budget for this coming year and a Conservative councillor coming onto

David Cameron has sought to reassure his core base, and indeed the country, by suggesting that a Conservative government would reward those who “put their backs into the British economy” through tax cuts. Suprisingly the Lib Dems seem to be trying to encroach on traditional Conservative territory by attempting to model themselves as the party

I've just had the great displeasure of watching someone do a exceedingly poor impression of David Cameron. In fact I had to stop watching for the sake of my blood pressure. Talking without notes, à la Cameron (but using very discreet autocue), Clegg set out a political agenda that proved that the Lib Dems will do anything and say anything to win votes. He promised tax cuts (this week) ...