I bloody hate Nick Clegg

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Every time I see his smug face I want to throw something at the telly.

The guy lost seats at the election and should not have anything like the power he has. He has betrayed all his principles, and all his supporters, for a sniff of power.

I didn't vote LibDem this time, though I have in the past. I never will do again. I hope they are annihilated in the next election.

prolesworth, yes, he was opposed and still is. but that's a coalition for you. like I say, he would have had to compromise on a lot more in a coalition with Labour.

and yes I thought the tax bomb poster was stupid at the time, given that Cable couldn't rule it out either. no one would.

the tories must be coming in their pants, all the anger being directed towards the libdems. this is a huge victory for them, getting to move forward with their policies while spanking their coalition partners out of political existence. it's kind of awe-inspiring.

Nick Clegg's prostate must be killing him.

just messaged you, ilove!

sorry, didn't see other message till just now as hadn't been on that account in a bit!

Ah expat, that would have been some holiday. How's that for a regret- that the bloody volcano didn't blow a few hours sooner

Fuck a doodle do, expat I need that joint back. I have an image in my head of Tory scrotum that needs erasing fast

yeah, Aitch, that's why they only showed Osborne from the top up at the dispatch box giving the budget as he had a hard on

Yes, the "VAT bombshell" poster was stupid - if they were so anti-VAT they should have ruled it out themselves. The same goes of Labour by the way - Ed Balls was absolutely right about that.

expat, Ingaland, bucharest, glad to see I'm not alone!

Aitch - quote of the week, surely? Humour, vulgarity, & incisive political commentary. Brilliant.

Oh, I agree, Liberal principles are most definitely not aligned with the Labour Party I believe in.

Thank fuck.

i saw the interview with him on tv too this morning. if i'd have voted libdem i would be outside parliament now protesting

...and New Labour's neo-Thatcherism. (as my old mate Tony Benn puts it so eloquently)

I think good will come out of all of this in a few years time....Labour will move back towards the left, but without the loony elements of the past, the Conservatives will turn out to be what Conservatives always turn out to be, negative and destructive and utterly unwilling to help the members of society who need it and everyone will go "Nick who? Oh, yeah, that bloke that sold the Liberals to the highest bidder".

Come on, seriously, are there really any Liberal voters who are happy about a pact with the Tories? The real life Liberals I know are all horrified at what they've done.

Well, I wrote to my MP, a LibDem, about the whole DLA kerfuffle. I posted pretty much what I wrote verbatim in the budget thread.

But I didn't mention I'd not voted for him, or that I will do my best to campaign to get him the sack at the next election (also for wanting to further privatise Royal Mail which will certainly mean an end to uniform pricing and much greater increases for his constituency) .

I'd be interested in his response.

But the SNP meets once a month down the road and I can tell you, since the election, in the past two meetings, that village hall has been packed with folks.

Scottish elections will happen next year.

I don't think the SNP will do well in the Scottish elections.

They are incumbents in Holyrood, and have a history of bad decisions to defend, at a time when Scottish Labour is resurgent.

Labour will win big. I do agree that the Lib Dems will get squeezed. I can't see the prospect of a Tory recovery in Scotland any time soon.

Simon Hughes is supportive of the budget (he sent round an email with Clegg to that effect) but I think has been making it clear that he intends to make a fuss about parts of it. and quite right too.

also worth pointing out that Nick Clegg isn't in favour of untrammelled market forces. No Lib Dems are.

A lot of Lib Dem voters and nearly-Lib Dem voters wanted the Lib Dems to be what (they thought) Labour wasn't any more. In a few respects they might be that, but not in general. As in, Lib Dems aren't socialists.

Bucharest, the ones I know are all pretty happy with the pact, if not with all its details.

You know what, long, I honestly don't care as long as it isn't Tories (I won't even differentiate LibDem from them because they are one and the same as far as I am concerned, and everyone else I've spoken to around here).

I predict a Labour landslide, too.

Especially with twats like John Redwood pontificating how we should just add another jumper on in winter.

I've heard Hell is a cold place, even colder than Scottish winter.

I'll be seeing him there, and all his ilk, and will do my best in the meantime to see as many as I can lose their seats.

Tories won't 'recover' here.

Because they treat us like bastard stepchildren.

Any fool can see that.

I agree with Vesela and am another lib dem voter. I don't think its any worse than it would have been under labour tbh. Vat rises would have come from everyone.