Calamity Clegg
James Forsyth 8:55am
Matthew Norman has a very funny column in The Independent today on the damage that Nick Clegg has done to himself and the Liberal Democrats with his appalling handling of the Lisbon treaty vote. As Norman asks, “What must Lib Dem MPs be making of the contrast between his punchy, basso profundo leadership style and the pubescent squealings of Mr Clegg? Much as we all enjoy wacky bids for inclusion in the Guinness World Records book, they can hardly ditch yet another leader before he has even completed that mythical first 100 days. Even so, you needn't hijack that new machine which reads human thoughts from brain patterns to see what is on their minds.”
The latest Mori Political Monitor shows that the Lib Dems are still becalmed at 16 percent in the polls. One wonders whether Clegg can recover from this self-inflicted wound. Certainly, this week’s events have left him looking weak and indecisive. Hardly, qualities that a party leader wants to project.
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Austin Barry
March 7th, 2008 10:56amAs the pointless leader of a pointless party which only acts to spoil the dynamics of a two party system, Clegg serves no purpose except, as the prettiest member of the commons, to cause a flutter in the hearts and trousers of the Government's front bench.
salieri
March 7th, 2008 11:09amOn the matter of monorchid world leaders I do think mention should have been made of A. Hitler Esq. In contrast, Mr McBean unfortunately, has Balls but no cojones.
SJH
March 7th, 2008 11:28amYour quotation from Norman's article would make better sense if you also included the preceding sentence: "Ah, Vince Cable, Vince Cable" who is the punchy, basso profundo contrast to Niente Cojones Clegg
JT
March 7th, 2008 12:37pmWhy does everyone keep saying Clegg is good-looking?
mike
March 7th, 2008 1:10pmIf elected is this chappie going to increase the price of our booze does anyone know ? I believe the other opposition chappie is going to tax us to a safe society. Now that's going to be a vote winner for sure. No booze for the old and poor, and the scruffs will just pinch it anyway. This has got to be his best "Pledge Of The Day" yet surely.
madasafish
March 7th, 2008 1:27pmLiberal Democrats have elected in quick succession: an alcoholic a minger -sorry an old man who acts 95 and a calamity. At least they are consistent. And they think they could run a Government Department let alone a Government.!
mark
March 7th, 2008 3:26pmthe Norman article in the Indy is brilliant -
TGF UKIP
March 7th, 2008 7:11pmBrilliant Austin Barry - I always enjoy those posts that make me laugh out loud. And, of course, hit bullseye!
Fergus Pickering
March 8th, 2008 5:50amDon't knock the boozers. Pitt the Younger and Churchill are hard acts to follow, Charlie got it right on Iraq and Fourteen-pints-a-night Haig (all right he got it wrong on Iraq)is my man for P.M. If Gordie drank a bit more he might be able to rejoin the human race.