What have the Lib Dems ever done for us? That’s the question that Nick Clegg sets about
answering in interview with the Independent
today — and he does so with righteous vigour. “Brick by brick, policy by policy, decision by decision, sometimes almost invisibly,” he insists, “we are putting in place good
policies that will make a long and lasting difference.” He dwells, and rightfully so, on the pupil premium and raised personal allowance. “All these things will outlive the immediate task
of dealing with the deficit.”
This salesmanship is only to be expected from Clegg, speaking on the eve of his party’s spring conference and in the aftermath of their electoral cremation in Barnsley. But he suggests that it is also part of a “new phase of the coalition,” in which the Lib Dems stand up for their cause more definitely and more defiantly.
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