Lib Dems sell out

Alan_Cross

chihuahuabear wrote: »

Couldn't agree more with the original post. I can't beileve how diluted and weak he has become following the performance in the election campaign.

He looks like a different man.

Poodles rarely show much personality.

I've read this in the 'Toff's Guide to Lap Dogs'.

However, they are quite good at yapping to divert attention from what the owner is doing...

Thrugelmir

Alan_Cross wrote: »

Too bloody true.

I thought he did a great bit of cringing when under well-directed fire from Harman yesterday, as well he might.

'Sell out' doesn't even come close.

I do hope his functionally useless job title makes up for the now very clear betrayal of principle he engaged in to get it.

It wouldn't surprise me at all if Charles Kennedy were not being approached by one or two disgruntled activists with a view to his mounting a comeback in order to save the party.

Interesting listening to an interview with Nick Clegg this morning. He fundamentally changed his view when he found out that £43 billion pound of cuts in the March Labour budget hadn't been identified. There was no substance in Labour's figures.

I'm not a NC fan but he explained himself very coherently and with great detail.

1984ReturnsForReal_2

Thrugelmir wrote: »

Interesting listening to an interview with Nick Clegg this morning. He fundamentally changed his view when he found out that £43 billion pound of cuts in the March Labour budget hadn't been identified. There was no substance in Labour's figures.

I'm not a NC fan but he explained himself very coherently and with great detail.

I thought he waffled & avoided his way through some of that..

treliac

chihuahuabear wrote: »

Couldn't agree more with the original post. I can't beileve how diluted and weak he has become following the performance in the election campaign.

He looks like a different man.

Question is... does he really believe what he is doing now, or has he sold out to power?

1984ReturnsForReal_2

treliac wrote: »

Question is... does he really believe what he is doing now, or has he sold out to power?

Sold out & compromised the whole of the Lib Dem Party.

Spartacus_Mills

1984ReturnsForReal wrote: »

Sold out & compromised the whole of the Lib Dem Party.

Cobblers, complete and utter cobblers.

The party is now in power for the first time in many generations with the opportunity to bring in Liberal Democrat policies.

It is sh*t stirring Labour supporters and the Labour loving BBC who are looking for cracks and pushing this line. It does not make it true.

We will get genuine reform of the political institutions and systems as a consequence of our involvement.

It is all good news for the Orange Party.

chucky

treliac wrote: »

Question is... does he really believe what he is doing now, or has he sold out to power?

i think everyone know the answer to that one... except for those that think the Lib Dem can do no wrong...

when ever Clegg or Cable are asked about their change of tactic they immedietly give the standard answer of the state of the economy, it's all Labour's fault bla, bla, bla

the truth of the matter is that they would have gone to Labour if they had enough votes and they gave them that platform to get some power.

1984ReturnsForReal_2

Spartacus_Mills wrote: »

Cobblers, complete and utter cobblers.

Nope.

Lib Dems are finished. This has set them back decades.

Watch & learn.

Sapphire

1984ReturnsForReal wrote: »

On VAT & £10k Tax Threshold.

Nick looks like a bit of a !!!!!! to me.

On the whole, so far I am favourably impressed by the coalition government, and am finding it a refreshing change from the dreary, combative, ugly labour government that went before it. I cannot even look at people like Balls, the Millibands and others, who have damaged the country so badly, without wanting to throw something at the TV. How anyone apart from the very stupid (or those with a vested interest) can support the labour party is completely beyond me – and that's speaking as someone who has voted for all three parties at different times in the past.

The budget is less severe than I thought it would be, and deals with a certain amount of gross unfairness to hard-working taxpayers, e.g. in the form of housing benefits payments (why should someone who is not working and plainly has no intention to work, yet manages to afford a massive plasma TV and other luxuries, receive payment of £600+ a week courtesy of the taxpayer for housing benefit alone, especially as many taxpayers could not afford to pay such an amount for accommodation themselves???).

People in this country will be able to cope with the VAT increase. Fact is, many have been living beyond their means for the last ten years, and accumulated a mountain of debt in the process, without a thought for the future. Now it is payback time (unfortunately including for those who did not participate in the madness). But no one in this country is starving, and we are massively better off (financially) compared to most places worldwide, even to wealthy countries like the USA, where there have been mass repossessions and numerous people are living in cardboard homes with no support of any kind.

Lefties (among them outfits such as the BBC) are of course attempting to spin as bleak a picture of the coalition as they can, and trying to force splits in the coalition. I hope the coalition lasts – after all, it is what the country voted for. The constant, carping whinging against the coalition from certain people is extremely tiresome.:xmassign:

1984ReturnsForReal_2

Sapphire wrote: »

On the whole, so far I am favourably impressed by the coalition government, and am finding it a refreshing change from the dreary, combative, ugly labour government that went before it. I cannot even look at people like Balls, the Millibands and others, who have damaged the country so badly, without wanting to throw something at the TV.

The budget is less severe than I thought it would be, and deals with a certain amount of gross unfairness to hard-working taxpayers, e.g. in the form of housing benefits payments (why should someone who is not working and plainly has no intention to work, yet manages to afford a plasma screen TV and other luxuries, receive payment of £600+ a week courtesy of the taxpayer for housing benefit alone, especially as many taxpayers could not afford to pay such an amount for accommodation themselves???).

Fact is, many people in this country have been living beyond their means for the last ten years, and accumulated a mountain of debt in the process, without a thought for the future. Now it is payback time (unfortunately including for those who did not participate in the madness). But no one in this country is starving, and we are massively better off (financially) compared to most places worldwide, even to wealthy countries like the USA, where there have been mass repossessions and many people are living in cardboard homes with no support of any kind.

Lefties (among them outfits such as the BBC) are of course attempting to spin as bleak a picture of the coalition as they can, and trying to force splits in the coalition. I hope the coalition lasts – after all, it is what the country voted for. The constant, carping whinging against the coalition from certain people is tiresome.:xmassign:

I expect you to get a thanks in return from Sparticus.

People in this country will be able to cope with the VAT increase.

All people? Thats good then.

Fact is, many people in this country have been living beyond their means for the last ten years, and accumulated a mountain of debt in the process, without a thought for the future. Now it is payback time

But that just contradicts your above statement of fact.

The constant, carping whinging against the coalition from certain people is tiresome

As are contradictory statements made by Nick Clegg & David Cameron & posters on MSE who either don't understand what they are saying or haven't the faintest about economics.


Good day.... :iloveyou: