Posts tagged with 'Nick Clegg'

15 May 13 1 Comment

What rebellion? Tory whips prepare for EU vote

If you ask the prime minister, tonight’s vote on the absence of an EU referendum in the Queen’s speech is definitely not a rebellion. But there is more to it than meets the eye.

14 May 13 2 Comments

Cameron’s EU wheeze: capitulation, or blessing?

The Tories are getting their teeth stuck into Europe again – but has Prime Minister David Cameron bitten off more than he can chew?

01 May 13 5 Comments

Clegg: voter hostility easing but we could come fourth

Nick Clegg’s aides say people are a “bit more neutral” than they used to be but will that translate to votes, or could the Lib Dems come behind Ukip in share of the vote in

30 Apr 13 5 Comments

Ed Miliband: prime minister of Crawley?

I said Ed Miliband was running for prime minister and one of them said: “Of Crawley?” “No, the whole country,” I said. “Jesus,” came the response.

10 Apr 13 11 Comments

Miliband: ‘Thatcher was right’… but not often

Sounding prime ministerial the Labour leader seems to find paying tribute to Margaret Thatcher less troublesome than her successor David Cameron.

18 Mar 13 6 Comments

On press controls, Clegg and Miliband moved – but Cameron blinked

David Cameron’s team say they won concessions from Labour and the Liberal Democrats in negotiations over press regulation. But history may judge that it was Mr Cameron whose bluff was

14 Mar 13 6 Comments

Clegg ‘not impressed’ after Cameron pulls press reform plug

David Cameron faces pressure from all sides after pulling the plug on cross-party talks on press reform.

26 Feb 13 2 Comments

Lord Rennard: Lib Dems and police hold ‘stakeholder conversation’

There’s an acknowledgement from his team that they got it wrong in dealing with Lib Dem women’ complaints and that could be something Nick Clegg says tomorrow.

25 Feb 13 2 Comments

Clegg, Rennard and that ‘resignation’

Did Lord Rennard’s departure as Lib Dem chief executive on health grounds have a hidden benefit for party officials in the face of allegations about his behaviour?

04 Feb 13 5 Comments

Huhne, Clegg and the by-election

Criminal convictions and Liberal politics must spell appalling trouble for the leadership, mustn’t they? Maybe, maybe not.

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