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In birthdays, we sing a song to Commander in Chief star Geena Davis and Christian Dior, who were born today.
And in deaths, we remember George Orwell – and use him as an excuse to pimp this link – a cartoon that fears that when it comes to dystopias, it was Aldous Huxley who nailed it, rather than George Orwell.
2 Big Stories
Stop the presses!
Men are wearing shorts in the snow in New York.
Top 10 jobs
The Telegraph has a rather depressing list of top ten recession proof careers. Corporate governance, anyone?
2 Must-Read Blog Posts
What are other Liberal Democrat bloggers saying? Here are two posts that have caught the eye from the Liberal Democrat Blogs aggregator:
- Charles Masterman’s fate shows we should not be surprised the Democrats lost in Massachusetts
- Reporting back from the Fabians
Jonathan Calder’s Liberal England recalls that the introduction of the NHS to the UK was not plain sailing – so why should anyone expect Obamacare to be without pitfalls?
Like the Voice’s own Sara Bedford, James Graham attended the recent Fabian conference and gives his assessment of Vince’s performance at a session called What Not to Spend.
Spotted any other great posts in the last day from blogs that aren’t on the aggregator? Do post up a comment sharing them with us all.
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Interesting New Statesman article.
Liberal Democrat MPs and strategists are pushing for Clegg to rule out an alliance with the Tories
http://www.newstatesman.com/uk-politics/2010/01/clegg-lib-party-election
Not an interesting article at all – Nick’s already ruled out a coalition with either Labour or the Tories, and the argument about not working with a party whose values are diametrically opposed to our own applies equally to Labour as to the Tories. Next!
Dave
Of course, if you want to believe this is just a pack of lies got up by the press, that’s your prerogative. But according to the article, the pressure is coming from senior people within the party.
From that Statesman article
Well, that’s crap for starters!
The quote is:
Alex
That was said by Clegg in answer to a question about which party the Lib Dems would _back_ in a hung parliament, though. So unless Clegg’s answer was a complete evasion, the interpretation’s hardly unreasonable!