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Tag: Chris-Huhne

  • In defence of the unknown researcher

    There’s one thing I meant to blog about following the announcement of the Lib Dem leadership which up until now I haven’t got around to. In an interview with Jon Sopel immediately after the leadership election result announcement on Tuesday, Chris Huhne yet again recited the rubric that the “Calamity Clegg” dossier was misnamed by…

  • It’s a squeaker!

    Nick Clegg: 20988 (50.6%) Chris Huhne: 20477 (49.4%) Total votes cast: 41465 (64% approx) I should be hailing our new Liberal Democratic overlord over on Comment is Free imminently.

  • The verdict on Huhne and Clegg’s fuzzy polls

    Oh dear, it’s all starting to get very silly indeed. First of all, there is this “independent” poll put out by Team Huhne, which indicates a huge surge for Huhne in the last few days. I emailed them to ask the identity of these pollsters, only to be asked to ring Anna Werrin (Huhne’s campaign…

  • Clegg and Huhne on Today: the verdict

    I’ve just been listening to Nick Clegg and Chris Huhne’s head-to-head on the Today Programme. For a Cleggite, it made for pretty uncomfortable listening. While I think Clegg was significantly better than Huhne at the hustings last week, the broadcast media is the real battleground in the struggle to win the hearts and minds of…

  • Vince Cable’s sharp elbows

    See if you can spot the remarkable thing about this BBC News story: Discs ‘worth £1.5bn’ to criminals Two missing computer discs containing the personal details of 25 million people could be worth up to £1.5bn to criminals, say the Lib Dems. Acting leader Vincent Cable told MPs an “enormous amount” was still at stake,…