Is Clegg about to do a left turn?
James Forsyth 12:12pmNick Clegg is the subject of The Independent’ s ‘You ask the question..’ feature today. His answer to this question is particularly interesting:
Now, I may be reading way too much into a pithy response but it rather suggests to me that Clegg is shifting his political positioning leftwards. It might be that this is in response to the stories about him becoming Home Secretary in a Tory government or he might have decided that given the current political environment, the Lib Dem's best chance of gains at the next election are in Labour seats.Who was a worse PM, Blair or Brown?
Saurav C, by emailClegg: Blair was more wrong, Brown's more incompetent.
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JC
June 2nd, 2008 12:58pm Report this commentI presume he is just commenting about Iraq - the great post war foreign policy failure.
It makes sense. Blair was competent but pursued a disatrous policy based on mistruths.
Kevyn Bodman
June 2nd, 2008 1:05pm Report this commentOr he might have just said what he thinks.
Perry
June 2nd, 2008 1:10pm Report this commentOr, another quote from wonderboy, - Wither shall I wander?
David
June 2nd, 2008 1:34pm Report this commentKevyn, he's a Lib Dem, he doesn't think anything other than 'how can I maximise my share of the protest vote'?
Damon
June 2nd, 2008 2:20pm Report this commentSo, what would David Davis, the Tory party's most consistent performer do?
Liz Brown
June 2nd, 2008 4:22pm Report this commentWhy should we even care? Clegg and his party are going nowhere
Linda Jack
June 2nd, 2008 5:20pm Report this commentI trust he is moving leftwards, we already have two Tory parties, we need a counterbalance!
Inamicus
June 2nd, 2008 6:31pm Report this commentHow on earth do you draw such a conclusion from that answer? This isn't "journalism" or "commentary", it's making things up as you go along.
Hint: Clegg's view of Blair being wrong might just have had something to do with Iraq, something the Tories seem not to like to be reminded about. Not exactly a left-right issue, more of a right-wrong issue.
Jonny Chestwig
June 2nd, 2008 8:00pm Report this commentI think you're crediting old Cleggover with a degree of political nous that he doesn't really possess. I'm ever more convinced that he's totally out of his depth. Brown may make the wrong decisions, but at least he makes them consistently!
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