tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2069212153482249376.post823571229989429488..comments2023-07-16T11:22:14.708+01:00Comments on Gareth Hughes: Lords dancing with joyGareth Hugheshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14811374617896851568noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2069212153482249376.post-3641148223455527622012-08-05T20:32:30.852+01:002012-08-05T20:32:30.852+01:00It's now clear that the Tories have closed the...It's now clear that the Tories have closed the door on the prospect of House of Lords reform. By doing so they have, once and for all, slammed, bolted and barricaded the door closed on any notion that the Lib Dems have any real influence in the Coalition.<br /><br />The bickering will begin, the 'tit for tat' rejection of each other's policies will begin, and the Coalition will blunder on until 2015, ineffective and directionless.<br /><br />Neither party can afford the electoral consequences of disengaging from it.<br /><br />Mr. Clegg, how naive you have been. You sold out on your party's principles very cheaply indeed.Phil Libhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05306558488287687584noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2069212153482249376.post-49481540416908978542012-08-03T21:56:49.383+01:002012-08-03T21:56:49.383+01:00Clegg isn't playing hardball. He's waiting...Clegg isn't playing hardball. He's waiting to be offered a new job within the EU, a plushy, cushy, well remunerated position that he has been promised by 'call me Dave'.kphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03313438657508449613noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2069212153482249376.post-84586386993411902232012-08-03T14:17:09.291+01:002012-08-03T14:17:09.291+01:00Nick Clegg would be mad to drop his campaign on th...Nick Clegg would be mad to drop his campaign on the Lords. He'll score a huge own goal. He should carry on with it and make Labour argue in favour of an unelected house.<br /><br />The Tories would like wise be mad to oppose Lords reform and lose their chance to increase the number of their seats. What's best for them, lose the next election or win it.<br /><br />They'll come to some compromise. Clegg is playing hard-ball. If he's not, he's in the wrong job and will soon be out of a job.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com