CommentIsLinked@LDV: Jonathan Calder – ‘Tory MP: Ferry political prisoner’

Over at the New Statesman’s blog, Jonathan Calder looks at Bryan Otis Ferry’s position as a ‘political prisoner’, while looking at Lembit’s long-term ambitions:

Will we see more of him? I hope so. Lembit has a Westminster seat to defend and could no doubt return to the Lib Dem front bench if he chose.

Besides, the alternative for him is too dreadful to contemplate. I caught a glimpse of it from behind the sofa on Saturday evening when Neil and Christine Hamilton appeared on Hole in the Wall.

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3 Comments

  • Clegg's Candid Friend 12th Nov '08 - 12:40am

    “Jonathan Calder looks at Bryan Ferry’s position as a ‘political prisoner'”

    Blimey, you need to learn to read things properly – it’s Otis Ferry, not Bryan Ferry!

  • Daniel Bowen 12th Nov '08 - 12:41am

    It is Otis Ferry.

    Had it been Bryan, then it could at least not been seen to have been an act of cultural cruelty, other than to the tone-deaf.

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