In his own words - what not holding a referendum would mean

It appears Nick Clegg's use of the Ming dodge for breaking his manifesto promise of the referendum for the Lisbon treaty constitution unravels when check what he's said on the record before the last election.

"The real reason, of course, why the government does not want to hold a referendum is the fear that it may lose ... Nothing will do more damage to the pro-European movement than giving room to the suspicion that we have something to hide, that we do not have the 'cojones' to carry out our argument to the people."

Hat tip to Conservative home - who are themselves quoting a Guardian Comment is free article by Niel O'Brien.

Two health messages - after all its the Lib Dems

To the right - Nick Clegg says in the Telegraph that everyone should have the 'right' to private health care.

To the left - he gets the BBC Guardianista headline of abolishing Health care inequalities.

Safe in the knowledge that he will never be responsible for these decisions he can make up what ever fantasies he wants.

By the way inequalities are the result of any free (ie liberal ) health care system since people get to make choices, some of them good, some not so good.

He makes the headline grabbing statement about health care outcomes in parts of Sheffield, but since peoples choices to a large degree determine their health you either take those choices away (vote Labour if you want to be farmed by socialism ) or you give people information and responsibility for their choices (vote Conservative).

If you want to bore people at dinner parties with unworkable plans then you vote Lib Dem.

Clegg is an atheist, but brings his kids up as Catholics

To get Advent going for the Lib Dems it turns out that Clegg doesn't believe in God, but is brinign his children up as Catholics.

That's the two faced type of thinking his party is famous for.

So as a true liberal he has no basis for any morality at all !

Perhaps 500 Lib Dems might have voted the other way if they knew this about him - but he kept so quiet about so much during his leadership yawn contest.