Clegg: Labour insiders have asked us to fall in line

More material for Libdemologists, from the Telegraph:

The Lib Dem leader said that members of the Labour Party had approached his party looking for help in preventing the Tories taking power after the next election…

Mr Clegg, whose party begins its annual conference on Saturday in Bournemouth, said he will not take part in any alliance with Labour.

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  • Herbert Brown 19th Sep '09 - 12:11am

    Surely it’s not a surprise that Labour would want to prevent the Tories from taking power in a hung parliament!

    But if accurate the following sounds like a bit of cock-up, and illustrates the shortcomings of the “let’s-get-Vince-Cable-to-write-a-pamphlet-and-if-any-bits-don’t-go-down-too-well-we-can-always-say-it’s-only-his-personal-opinion-and-not-party-policy” strategy:

    “The Tories also highlighted differences between Mr Clegg and his Treasury spokesman, Vince Cable.

    Dr Cable, who has called for a wide-ranging programme of public sector cuts, said in a BBC Radio Four interview that no area of spending should be protected.

    But in a Times Educational Supplement, Mr Clegg suggested that school spending should be ring-fenced and spared any cuts.”

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