As James Kirkup reports over at Three Line Whip, Nick Clegg’s still getting himself into a “pickle” over Europe. Here are the three key points which came out of his media briefing earlier today:
“Yes, [Clegg]’s put his MPs on a three line whip not to vote at all when the Commons decides on a Tory bid for a referendum on the Lisbon Treaty.
But no, he won’t say if he’ll sack the (significant) number of front-benchers who may well defy him on that: ‘I’m allowed to decide at that time.’
And no, he (probably) won’t allow his side to back a clever two-question amendment being worked up by Ian Davidson, a Labour rebel, which might just have given him a get-out: ‘We certainly aren’t getting into game-playing.’”
And so Clegg continues to foist his bizarre position on the rest of the Lib Dems.
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