PMQs: Nick tackles Gordon on the bank bail-out
by Stephen Tall on January 21, 2009
After last week’s pretty subdued start to the new Parliamentary term at Prime Minister’s Questions, there was a return to the more boisterous rough ‘n’ tumble which passes for debate in this farcical weekly charade in the interests of holding (…)
Clegg leadership donor is new key player at London Evening Standard
by Stephen Tall on January 21, 2009
With a big tip of the hat to the Guido Fawkes’ blog, there is an intriguing Lib Dem connection to the new owner of the Evening Standard, ex-KGB officer Alexander Lebedev: Lebedev’s consigliere, Justin Byam Shaw, will become deputy chairman. (…)
Clegg: refusing to discuss the euro is a “failure of political leadership”
by Stephen Tall on January 21, 2009
Cast your minds back to the Lib Dem conference, and you may recall a coordinated drive by Nick Clegg, Vince Cable and Chris Huhne to signal that the Lib Dems’ attachment to the Euro was no longer a top priority. (…)