The Liberal Democrats have got themselves in quite a mess on higher education funding. Today, we have the bizarre spectacle of the Vince Cable pulling out (on “police advice”) of a planned speech at Oxford University because students planned to protest his Government’s plans to at least double tuition fees.
Last night Liberal Democrat MPs voted against lowering the voting age to 16 – despite promising to give 16-year-olds the vote in their election manifesto.
Senior Liberal Democrats are facing significant resistance from their political opponents over the less than graceful U-turn over student tuition fees.
Business lobby groups and the right-wing press are angry with Vince Cable for his remarks on capitalism. But Cable is right and vested interests should be scared.
Lib Dem supporters are rallying behind Clegg and his Coalitioneers. The anticipated fallout has yet to surface, and a healthy dose of dissent has risen in its place.
Nick Clegg spoke on Today about his change of heart on the timetable for deficit reduction. His justification for switching from a Keynesian to a deficit hawk does not stack up.
Nick Clegg’s economic philosophy switched from Keynesian to deficit hawk in early May. He completed the conversion today by using Thatcher’s flawed household debt metaphor.
Evan Harris, the former Liberal Democrat MP, issued a warning to Nick Clegg today about his rhetoric on fairness at a fringe event at Lib Dem annual conference.
Ahead of a crucial United Nations summit on Millennium Development Goals, Nick Clegg has a conundrum: will he represent the policies of the Coalition or his own Party?
Only 29 per cent of Liberal Democrat voters support the scale of the government’s spending cuts, according to a poll in this morning’s Times.
