Is* the Mail on Sunday Nick Clegg's Recruiting Sergeant?

Sunday, 18th April 2010

Is the Mail on Sunday's back-bench trying to persuade voters to think about endorsing the Liberal Democrats? I assume so, otherwise you'd have to wonder what they meant by writing this headline for the dead tree edition of this story:

"His wife is Spanish, his mother Dutch, his father half-Russian and his spin doctor German. Is there ANYTHING British about Lib Dem leader?"

I mean, my explanation is the only one that makes sense, right?

*No. But it might as well be with this kind of tripe.

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150 Wat Tyler

April 18th, 2010 2:16pm Report this comment

The desperation of the Mail's article pales beside that of a website that I happened to chance upon the other day.

Can you believe that its sole agenda was to attack a whole political party on the basis that it isn't British - despite all its candidates, activists, members and supporters being, er, British?

Truly shocking (as I'm sure you'll be the first to agree - and condemn in your next blog).

paulg

April 18th, 2010 3:45pm Report this comment

I might be dumb! but i cannot see your point Alex?

Edward

April 18th, 2010 4:24pm Report this comment

BNP fan, I'm pretty sure that Massie has no responsibility for that obscure website, so why push your point here?

Beefeater

April 18th, 2010 6:07pm Report this comment

Defining "Britishness" to encompass Clegg should not be a task beyond the ability of a competent spin-doctor - particularly a German one.

Tendryakov

April 18th, 2010 7:16pm Report this comment

I agree. This is astonishing. I now understand why the Mail is regarded the way it is. And the Tories having a go at Clegg smacks of desperation and makes them look spiteful. What's the matter with them all?

Snowman

April 18th, 2010 7:26pm Report this comment

Alex, methink the headline defines close to what the confused party genuinely believes Britishness is. Doping it with abit of colour, and voila, we have the full Monty. Like it alot.