Another calamity for Clegg
James Forsyth 7:46pm
The Sunday Mirror has an amusing account of Nick Clegg discussing rather too loudly the strengths and weaknesses of his frontbench team on a plane flight to Scotland. He is apparently flirting with idea of demoting his old leadership rival Chris Huhne. He’s also no fan of Steve Webb, he apparently said of the Lib Dems’ energy and climate change spokesman:
Clegg reportedly concluded that David Laws—“ probably the best brain we have”—should be moved to energy and climate change. Interestingly, Clegg said Laws was not enjoying education and bemoaned how the “Tories have left him no space.” When you combine this with the news in Martin Ivens’ column that New Labour types concede that Gove has “outflanked them on school reform” you see what an impressive political and policy job Gove has done; there is no other policy area where one party has such a comprehensive advantage.“He’s a problem. I can’t stand the man. We need a new spokesman. We have to move him. We need someone with good ideas. At the moment, they just don’t add up.”
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Ben Elford
December 1st, 2008 9:13am Report this commentClegg was obviously speaking off the record, and it rather sounds as if he had taken a wee dram (though I'm sure he hadn't).
So doesn't it seem a bit unsporting of Adam Lee-Potter to make capital out of this? It could even cost him his job (Clegg, I mean).
Sue Denim
December 1st, 2008 9:22am Report this comment13+ hours, no comments yet. Plainly nobody GAF about this person, whoever he is and whatever his role may have been in last of the summer wine.
Jeremy
December 1st, 2008 8:28pm Report this commentVery funny. It reads like a scene from a comedy about a party political leader who takes himself very seriously but is a bit of a prat who keeps on putting his foot in it - much to everybody else's amused delight.
"Nick's done it again!"
Jeremy
December 1st, 2008 8:57pm Report this commentThe other thing about Nick Clegg - while we're on the subject - is that he still carries the remnants of what looks like an eighties haircut on the top of his head....like he used to be a member of Spandau Ballet, or something. I must admit that before reading this story, I'd never really taken much notice of him. But now I find myself warming to him a bit. Do you think that he might end up as a sort of national treasure? You know, never actually elected to anything very important, but for many years a source of much harmless merriment...
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