Stephen Tall

LDVideo: Danny Alexander on the Coalition’s economic record

By | Thu 26th January 2012 - 10:10 pm

Lib Dem chief secretary to the treasury Danny Alexander was grilled by BBC Newsnight’s Jeremy Paxman on Wednesday night about the UK’s negative growth figures — here’s what Danny had to say about the Coalition’s economic strategy:


(Available on the BBC website here.)

* Stephen was Editor (and Co-Editor) of Liberal Democrat Voice from 2007 to 2015, and writes at The Collected Stephen Tall.

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3 Comments

  • Tony Dawson 26th Jan '12 - 10:20pm

    Possibly the direst performance I have seen in a long time.

    Makes Miliband look good. 🙁

  • Stephen Donnelly 26th Jan '12 - 10:49pm

    I thought he did well, solid, honest arguments, and the right policies.

  • Tony Dawson 29th Jan '12 - 11:59am

    ‘It ain’t what you say but the way that you say it.’

    Even that ‘still’ shows everything wrong with the performance.

    Thankfully, relatively few people watch Newsnight.

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