Who agrees with Nick?
Â鶹¹ÙÍøÊ×Ò³Èë¿Ú political editor Nick Robinson has a fascinating documentary on Â鶹¹ÙÍøÊ×Ò³Èë¿Ú2 at 9pm tonight - I strongly encourage you to watch it. I suspect that many of Cornwall's Liberal Democrats will conclude that their leader, Nick Clegg, does not emerge with much credit.
Nick Robinson charts the five days which followed the general election stalemate in May, when Clegg was able to negotiate simultaneously with David Cameron and Gordon Brown.
According to the documentary, when Clegg talked to Cameron, he exaggerated the offers on voting reform he claimed to have received from Brown. And when he spoke to his own party, including his backbench MPs, Clegg exaggerated the concerns of the Bank of England about the need for immediate, deep cuts in public spending (reversing his party's economic policy in the process.)
It's the sort of thing that gets politics and the pursuit of power a bad name. Love it.
I'm Â鶹¹ÙÍøÊ×Ò³Èë¿Ú Radio Devon’s Graham Smith, blogging on news, views and some fresh insights into West Country life, particularly the way government works locally and nationally.
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At 29th Jul 2010, ProfPhoenix wrote:Sorry folks. Just spent half an hour trying to find Nick Robinson's blogs. This is the best I can do. Peston, Robinson et al used to be easy to find. Anyhow would like to see the programme but will have to walk the dog.
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