Today’s Lib Dem revelations are of the embarrassing, but
not explosive, variety. David Heath, the deputy leader of the House, and Norman Baker, the transport minister, hypocritically say they are against tuition fees, despite having voted to let
universities charge fees of up to £9,000. Baker also, crassly, compares himself to Helen Suzman, the anti-apartheid campaigner, working from within to change the system. But, beyond that, the
remarks are what you’d expect a Lib Dem MP to say to a party supporter complaining about various Tory members of the government.
I suspect Nick Clegg will be slightly more worried about Adrian Sanders, the MP for Torbay, issuing a broadside against the Lib Dem leadership. Sanders accuses Clegg & Co. of being uncomfortable with their own party and far too interested in showing the Tories that they are tough.
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