Speaking at a south London primary school this morning, Nick Clegg firmly reiterated the Lib Dems’ equidistance between the two other major parties. Before an assortment of public-sector workers, Clegg attacked the potential ‘reckless borrowing’ of Eds Balls and Miliband, as well as George Osborne asking ‘the working poor to bear the brunt’ of cuts. ‘In the centre,’ he said, ‘my party, the Liberal Democrats, we believe in sound public finances, supporting strong public services.’
Stop me if you’ve heard this before.
What was (sort of) new was Clegg stating that,
‘once we’ve balanced the books, clearing the so-called structural deficit, the Liberal Democrats will increase public spending in line with Britain’s economic growth.’
Going back to middle, Clegg promised that ‘we will spend less than Labour, but cut less than the Conservatives’, and that ‘we’ll finish the job but we’ll finish it fairly.’
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