Huhne turns donor-gate to his advantage

Jonathan

Methinks it is already too late for Huhne. Lib Dem ballot papers went out before this latest Labour-sleaze story broke. I suspect that most of the 'yellow-luvvies' will have already voted for Calamity Clegg. You know what they say about a week being a long time in politics.

Simon

Your right about Clegg missing another trick. But the winner of the campaign has been Cable. Everyone is talking him up for a recycled joke at PMQs. Clegg or Humne wont get this good coverage after the leadership election. No matter how well they do at PMQs they will be compared unfavourable to Cable. So the real winner is Dave!

Julian Cox

I have not as yet decided which of these jobbing careerists, Huhne or Clegg, is the greater threat to Cameron, but the former's flagrant opportunism smacks of nothing more than the usual Liberal Democrat behaviour as he gets his leg over someone else's disaster in full view of the public. He even looked the part on Newsnight last night, wearing a tie like a graduate of The Jon Snow Finishing School for Sartorial Mishaps, in the best traditions of Shirley Williams in her Mix 'n' Match Period.(And boy, was it a humdinger of a period in those heady, television strobing days of yore.) I think he was talking about comets or meteorites at one point - as if his party weren't far enough beyond the asteroid belt of reason, keeping company with the vaporous gas giants still within the gravitational field of Westminster - and whereas I cannot remember a thing Clegg has ever said either, when you start worrying about other men's ties during a Jeremy Paxman interview on the cutting edge of a government meltdown, maybe there's some truth in his being a complete and utter non-entity.

newmania

I have high hopes that Huhne will get it , he has certainly been much the most impressive. the only good thing is that Clegg has had to tack left in the process and will not be able to return.

David

Where is Clegg? Perhaps he is checking out his donor list.

Mark

The Cameroons shouldn't underestimate Huhne. He is the Lib Dems last best hope of avoiding annihilation as the mini-landslide of '97 and '01 against the Tories is rolled backwards at the next election.

Praguetory

Huhne has indeed been excellent. Maybe he is simply more competent than Clegg. I see no reason why he would not be excellent at PMQs, also.

Kevyn Bodman

Fraser, Why do you think Clegg would be a more effective leader for the LibDems than Huhne? And re. your update; isn't being inexhaustible a GOOD thing?

Matt Wright

Neither of them impress me. Cable's been pretty good. At the end of the day I don't think antone, unless utterly outstanding, would make the difference for the LIB dems as people will decide they have to get rid of the Govt and only the Conservatives can do it.

David Pitman

it isn't just MP's exploiting the system. CPS,CPU,SOLICITORS AND JUDICIARY all use legislation to exploit the public!