We all know the feeling. You find yourself swept away in a surprising and exciting romance which ends as quickly as it started.
Then, at a moment of despair, another love comes along. Amid the renewed excitement commitments are made which, a few months down the line, appear a little rushed and rather too deep.
Has Nick Clegg (ditched by the British people after a whirlwind romance during the excitement of last year's election television debates) undergone such a rollercoaster of emotions with David Cameron? Remember the Tory leader picked up the Lib Dem leader with his "big, open and comprehensive offer" just as Clegg licked his wounds after presiding over a fall in the number of Lib Dem MPs.
The deputy prime minister told me today that he is preparing to embark on a new phase in his romance – sorry his partnership government in the national interest – with the prime minister. In phase one the two lovers – sorry leaders – hugged eachother close to prove they had formed a durable and credible relationship. Sorry, that should read coalition.
But now they have shown they are serious, a slight chill appears to be entering the partnership. Clegg has said that the time has come to air differences in public:
We are doing a lot of heavy lifting. We have to do that together in the first stages of this coalition government. But that doesn't mean that we shouldn't from time to time remind people, if people need reminding, that we are, will be and always will be separate independent parties with separate identities.
вторник, 11 января 2011 г.
Nick Clegg puts clear yellow water between Lib Dems and David Cameron
We all know the feeling. You find yourself swept away in a surprising and exciting romance which ends as quickly as it started.
Then, at a moment of despair, another love comes along. Amid the renewed excitement commitments are made which, a few months down the line, appear a little rushed and rather too deep.
Has Nick Clegg (ditched by the British people after a whirlwind romance during the excitement of last year's election television debates) undergone such a rollercoaster of emotions with David Cameron? Remember the Tory leader picked up the Lib Dem leader with his "big, open and comprehensive offer" just as Clegg licked his wounds after presiding over a fall in the number of Lib Dem MPs.
The deputy prime minister told me today that he is preparing to embark on a new phase in his romance – sorry his partnership government in the national interest – with the prime minister. In phase one the two lovers – sorry leaders – hugged eachother close to prove they had formed a durable and credible relationship. Sorry, that should read coalition.
But now they have shown they are serious, a slight chill appears to be entering the partnership. Clegg has said that the time has come to air differences in public:
We are doing a lot of heavy lifting. We have to do that together in the first stages of this coalition government. But that doesn't mean that we shouldn't from time to time remind people, if people need reminding, that we are, will be and always will be separate independent parties with separate identities.
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