To be honest, the leg-flashing that the Lib Dems are doing in front of the Tories and Labour just doesn’t really grab my attention. Their overtures and innuendo may, or may not, turn out to be significant in a few weeks time – but we need a general election before we can judge either way. In the meantime, they’d be best off keeping their positioning to themselves, and getting on with an election campaign for which they actually have some fairly attractive policies.
This story, though, is worth noting down. Apparently, in the event of a hung Parliament, Nick Clegg just couldn’t bring himself to work with Gordon Brown. Labour, perhaps (as both Clegg and Vince Cable suggested on air earlier). Brown, no. According to a senior Lib Dem, “Nick was scarred by the experience of trying to work with Brown last year over expenses reform.”
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