In a sign of his enhanced status in the party, Danny Alexander has been one of the main attractions on the conference fringe this year. This evening, it was standing room only when he was interviewed by The Independent’s Steve Richards.
Alexander was on feisty form. He declared that ‘both the other parties are pretty useless’ and that the Liberal Democrats had ‘done a bloody good job for this country’. Marking his own homework, he gave the party 10 out of 10 for being credible and effective.
But he said that the Lib Dems had to shout louder to get their share of the credit for the economic recovery. He did, though, acknowledge that ‘In the early days, we did miss some of the opportunities’ to promote Liberal Democrats achievements and distinctiveness.
It was on his future plans for the economy, though, that Alexander made news.
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