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Rich ‘just as bad’ as poor
Another nice snippet from Cleggs’ new centre-cleft school of British politics: “We all read the headlines about benefit fraud. We all agree it’s wrong when people help themselves to benefits they shouldn’t get. But when the richest people in the … Continue reading
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Cable tells it how it is
In a refreshing speech to conference Vince pulled no punches in blaming The City for the current economic crisis. He said: “I make no apology for attacking spivs and gamblers who did more harm to the British economy than Bob … Continue reading
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Tagged Bankers, ConDem, Conference, Lib Dems, Liberal-Conservative coalition, UK news, Vince Cable
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“There are those who will condem us…”
Never a truer word spoken. Not from Clegg at least. No less than six years after entering the house as an MP Nick Clegg today made his first conference speech from a position of previously unimaginable power. Not simply leader … Continue reading →