Reading through the paper’s this morning, it’s even clearer that we didn’t learn much
from that marathon Europe debate yesterday. But here are my thoughts, anyway, on where it leaves us:
1) Ed Miliband lacked credibility from the outset. As Malcolm Rifkind put it, he’s had three days to work out whether he’d have signed that Treaty or not — and he still can’t make his mind up. God knows Cameron is vulnerable on this, but he won’t be hurt being attacked for indecision by a man who still cant make any decisions.
2) Clegg’s misjudgment, cont? First, Clegg backed Cameron after the veto. Now, he says he disagrees with Cameron. To stay away from parliament is the worst of all, it looks like cowardice (today’s Mail calls it ‘The Big Sulk’). It looks like a man being led by his party. Or worried about being outflanked by Paddy Ashdown, who seems to have gone into meltdown.
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