Dear All
Sometime ago, Nick Clegg sold out his
entire party by taking the Lib Dems into Government in Westminster.
He will get his name in the history books
so generations know he was the Deputy Prime Minister.
The upshot of betraying his voters is that
the Lib Dem vote has collapsed, and they are heading for possibly a major
defeat at the next Westminster election in 2015.
Clegg was bought off cheap, ministerial
salary and government perks.
Having lost control, Clegg and the Liberal
Democrat leadership face a new crisis.
Lord Rennard!
It’s a sex scandal were claims have been
made of alleged behavior of Rennard.
Because the scandal is brewing and no one
is backing down, and the whole thing stinks to high heaven, former leader Lord
Steel of Aikwood has said the leadership should "get a grip" to sort
out the crisis engulfing the party.
One of the Lib Dems scandals that I
remember was the Jeremy Thorpe scandal, this had a devastating effect on the
party, this scandal could be as damaging.
It is said that there is a prospect of an
all-out court battle, which will not go down well or cover anyone with glory in
the leadership.
And a General election is so close to boot.
Internal sources say if Court is the order
of the day, it would lead to a "bloodbath the like of which the party has
not seen before".
The former Holyrood Presiding Officer
warned:
"The first rule in politics is: if
you're in a hole, stop digging."
He added:
"The fact is they have been digging on
both sides for the past two days and it's disastrous."
To calm the waters, Steel says that the
party should drop its suspension of Lord Rennard and he should withdraw his
threat of legal action.
It is a bit for that late, too far down the
road.
A senior LibDem source said of Steel’s
suggestion, "obviously we disagree" and that reinstating Lord Rennard
was "not going to sort it out".
Lord Rennard is the former election
strategist who helped treble the number of LibDem MPs, apparently he feels
attack is the best form of defence and has instructed a QC to see whether or
not the decision to instigate a disciplinary inquiry against him is lawful.
If it isn’t it leaves the Lib Dem
leadership on a sticky wicket.
Lord Rennard was suspended from the party
and faces a disciplinary hearing for not apologising following an internal
inquiry into the claims of sexual harassment.
He has steadfastly refused to do so because
he denies the claims.
So; he is innocent or he is guilty, if
innocent why should he apologise?
The inquiry found there was no proof beyond
a reasonable doubt to the allegations.
However, the report said that the claims
were "broadly credible", so perhaps someone could explain in Court
what that means
Clegg has been addressing LibDem MPs and
peers at their weekly parliamentary meeting and emerged half an hour later
stony-faced.
Nothing to be happy about, he is losing
either way.
Yours sincerely
George Laird
The Campaign for Human Rights at Glasgow
University
2 comments:
Never mind Rennard, the real time bomb ticking away undernaeath the Lib-Dems, is Mike'Handycock' down in Portsmouth.....
He will make Rennard look like very small beer indeed...
Dear Anon
The Portsmouth drama with that Lib Dem Cllr is certainly interesting.
It looks like he is getting suspended.
That is getting very popular in the party at present.
Yours sincerely
George Laird
The Campaign for Human Rights at Glasgow University
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