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Sunday, February 27, 2011

clegg

politics is a funny old game. before the election nick clegg was the man. everyone agreed with nick. when the results came in they all wanted to be his new best friend. clegg was king maker. nick clegg, and the rest of the liberal democrat elite took the chance to get their feet under the tables of power with the glee of a starved man faced with an eat all you can buffet.
so what if a few promises were going to be broken.
so what if a few principles were thrown away.
politics is about power.
power was what the liberal democrats wanted.

now clegg has power. he has tasted it and he likes it.
problem is no one (outside of cameron and his pals) seem to like nick clegg all that much any more.
bad enough that his integrity has been questioned.
now his commitment to work has been impugned. he is seen as being work-shy. so what if nick decided to take some time off to go skiing with his family (in the exclusive davos resort, nice to see that nick can afford it) while the middle-east was not only in turmoil but was also in the middle of a david cameron visit (along with several business leaders of british arms companies - talk about awkward). pretty much perfect timing for nick to go off on a skiing trip.

when asked whether or not he was in charge while the prime minister was gone clegg is reported to have said "yeah, i suppose i am. i forgot about that." nick clegg now describes that as a throwaway line. bless him. 


throwaway? pretty much like clegg's principles and his standing: both thrown out of the window. 

1 comment:

Hobbit's Journal said...

Good stuff pat, good post.