Posts Tagged nick clegg
Full-Court Press
Posted by Carolina Bracken in Civil Liberty, Crime, Human Rights, Politics on 02/09/2011
Over past weeks, both David Cameron and Nick Clegg have written candidly about the “misrepresentation of human rights”, with the Deputy PM in particular bemoaning how those in power have “belittled the relevance of rights at home”. Their ambitions to “get a grip” on this distortion are essential and to be welcomed, as the media and public bodies continue to pollute the rights discourse with inaccuracies, errors and fallacious propaganda.
“Should I Stay or Should I Go”
Posted by Stephen Clarke in Politics on 26/04/2011
This weekend Chris Huhne voiced serious criticisms of the Chancellor and the Conservative party in light of the ‘No to AV’ campaign’s recent claims about the cost and benefit for radical parties of the AV electoral system. Perhaps most significant could be the fact that he ‘refused to rule out resigning as energy secretary over the tensions’. Huhne’s outburst came on the same day that the Independent on Sunday ran an interview with Nick Clegg where the Deputy Prime Minister in effect described the Tories, as opponents of AV, as a ‘nasty right wing clique’. Although political rhetoric can be misleading, the coalition government seems to be on the verge of splitting at the seams.
Free for all
Posted by David Merlin-Jones in Economics, Family, Marriage and the Culture, Politics, Race and Equality, Social Cohesion on 06/04/2011
The mudslinging has started, the rhetoric is now in full flow and the cries of hypocrisy have begun to get louder. Unpaid internships. What, oh what, are we to do? On the one hand, a valuable exercise and CV trophy, on the other, a period of being a wage-slave without even the wage. As Nick Clegg claims, are we undermining social mobility by offering unpaid internships? Probably not.
D-Day
Posted by David Merlin-Jones in Civil Liberty, Education, Politics on 09/12/2010
Students are hitting the streets again today, for the climax of protests against the tuition fee hike. Despite their cries, you can bet good money that the Bill will pass, with some estimating a decent seized majority of 20-40 in favour of the fees rise. In light of this inevitability, what is the legacy of these protests and what do they mean for the Liberal Democrats? As far as most of the protestors are concerned, the Lib Dems’ U-turn is a political betrayal and as a result future voters may develop an unhealthy case of premature cynicism.
