With his Demos pamphlet published today, it has to be said that Nick Clegg has ruled out any chance of doing a deal with the Conservatives in the event of a hung parliament following the next election. That isn’t quite the same thing as saying he has ruled in a deal with Labour but it… Continue reading STOP PRESS: Nick Clegg ends Lib Dem equidistance
Tag: strategy
The trouble with “Rennardism” (clue: it isn’t the leaflets)
I find myself in danger of ending up on the wrong side of an important debate. I’ve written before about how Chris Rennard’s departure as Chief Executive of the Liberal Democrats is a chance for the party to rethink how it campaigns and last week speculated whether our heavy dependence on “ground” campaigning makes it… Continue reading The trouble with “Rennardism” (clue: it isn’t the leaflets)
Just whose side is Bones on?
That is the question I constantly find myself returning to when I consider the Bones Report. The quandary can best be summed up by the paper’s claim that “across the whole party we have expenditure of £15m, yet only just over 10% of that was campaign expenditure through the main Federal Party budget.” You could… Continue reading Just whose side is Bones on?