Mrs. Clegg, you must be proud of him…

Posted on July 30, 2008 by bobpiper

So, Nick Clegg has decided that the day on which the man who gave the Lib Dems a 2.4 million pounds donation has done a runner to avoid a court case… is an ideal time for him to talk about “shifting resources”.
Yes, Nick Clegg is going to concentrate Lib Dem resources (stop sniggering at the back) on targetting Labour seats. Apparently he is going to “rejig the party organisation” which should go down well with his aging Lothario backbencher John Hemming, who has always been keen on a bit of “jigging”). This is, according to the BBC story, on the back of their campaign at the last General Election to unseat senior Tories such as David Davis (whatever happened to him?) and Theresa May. Not that Cleggy has given up on savaging the Tories… “the truth is there are huge parts of the country where they haven’t got a hope.”
I suspect the news that the ineffective Liberal Democrats, pushed into 4th place by the Tories of all people, in Glasgow East last week, are going to concentrate their three pounds two shillings and sixpence on Labour targets is probably not the worst news Gordon Brown has had in the last few days.

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5 Responses to Mrs. Clegg, you must be proud of him…

  1. Godzilla says:
    July 30, 2008 at 11:22 am

    Before you cast aspersions at the Lib Dems by election capabilities. I seem to remember Labour with a 13500 majority getting stuffed by the SNP.
    One should remember that

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  2. Paul Sandars says:
    July 30, 2008 at 11:46 am

    I had expected that the Liberals might- just might- have begun this work prior to now; and the apparent incompetence on the part of the sly fox Lord Rennard at the Glasgow East by-election means that I am thinking whether they really have lost their touch.
    I would not endorse http://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk entirely for a variety of reasons, but look there and you would expect the Liberals to be losing seats to the Tories down south and gaining dozens from Labour in the north.
    Well, they are predicted to take the massive total of ermm…one seat from Labour- one seat too many though; but indeed lose dozens to the Tories. Including one Sheffield seat held by a Mr.Clegg.
    Oh dear, oh dear, oh dear.

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  3. Bob Piper says:
    July 30, 2008 at 11:56 am

    Godzilla… how do you spell, na da de na na?
    It would spare you having to think of that insightful analysis you entertain us all with.
    Perhaps the current slump in Lib Dem fortunes is due to all the problems they have experienced running the country for the last 11 years.

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  4. GW says:
    July 30, 2008 at 4:58 pm

    Slight typo there Bob, You typed “Perhaps the current slump in Lib Dem fortunes is due to all the problems they have experienced running the country for the last 11 years.”
    Surely you meant “Perhaps the current slump in Lib Dem fortunes is due to all the problems they have experienced running down the country for the last 11 years.”
    GW

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  5. yozza says:
    July 30, 2008 at 11:44 pm

    What a total Duffer Clogg has turned out to be.The silly sod has got a lower public profile than Sir Menzies of Alzhemiers enjoyed during his shambolic leadership. The Lib Dems can “win anywhere” has now turned into the knowledge they are going to get a pasting from the Tories in the South and will struggle to hold the ‘Iraq factor’ vote they achieved in 2005.My prediction is the LDs will lose around half the seats they currently hold at the next election.

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