"They are no better than Tarts".

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Activists Show Fury At Nick Clegg Support For Secret Courts

Nick Clegg holds a Q&A session with party members

On the BBC News24 Programme "Hard Talk" yesterday (Saturday 9th March), Yasmin Alibhai-Brown admitted to voting for the Liberal Democrats at the last election, then went on to say that she had made the wrong decision and would "never vote for them again".

Yasmin Alibhai-Brown

The reason for this change of heart was, as she put it, because the Liberals had supported Tory legislation that reneged on every principle, promise, undertaking and pledge that Liberal Democrats had made during the election campaign and generally betrayed people in this country.They had, again in her words, become "Tarts" in the political arena. I have argued previously that the way in which Clegg and Alexander behaved in their grubby bid for seats at the Cabinet table, then supported by the majority of the Liberal Democratic parliamentary party, was nothing more than sordid political opportunism by some LibDems, to grasp what had eluded them for over 60 years. The prospect of a place in government became altogether more important than retention of principle. Clegg took the lead and the lemmings of the parliamentary party followed. The parliamentary party mind you, not the "grass roots" Liberal Democrats. The Tory legislation supported by the junior partners of the Coalition, flowed onto the statute books amid criticism and protest. Now, the latest piece of anti democratic legislation, this time attacking the civil liberties of the British people has been passed by the commons, together with draconian changes to the benefits system. It is little wonder that "activists" at the Liberal Democrat party conference should be furious. Clegg and his parliamentary party have betrayed every principal that Liberal Democrats may have had, and have rightly earned the description of "Tarts".

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Northern Ireland and Brexit. The return of "The Troubles"

Northern Ireland: police attacked in another night of disturbances | Northern Ireland | The Guardian When the "Brexit" debate was still filling our newspapers and our television screens, readers may remember why I had changed my mind since voting to leave at the referendum vote. Apart from the economic arguments, which had become crystal clear after peeling away all the lies and misrepresentations trotted out by Bozo Boris and his "Get Brexit Done" conspirators, there was always the problem of the border between Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland. Would it be possible to have a border between the European Union and the United Kingdom where people, goods and services could pass freely between the two nations without customs restrictions, tariffs, duties and all the other formalities? Would it be possible to have one part of the United Kingdom treated differently from other parts of the United Kingdom, particularly when Scotland for example had voted overwhe

The Parliamentary Labour Party conspirators are hatching another coup.

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/corbyn-labour-leadership-rebel-mps-a7202641.html Labour MPs plan for Corbyn victory and plot how to confront an emboldened leader Even for the "Independent", the number and use of unnamed anonymous "sources" in this article is quite astonishing. However, amongst all the usual speculative delusion, there is one factor which causes concern to anyone who believes in the Labour Party, its principles and in he democratic process of the Labour movement. It is abundantly clear that elements within the Parliamentary Labour Party, are even now, planning another coup in the event that Jeremy Corbyn should emerge as winner in the current ballot. The failed coup of earlier this year, has now descended into a sham leadership election, because the conspirators still fail to accept the democratic decision of the Labour party membership and cling to

Plemont development or return to nature?

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-jersey- A date has been set for a public inquiry into plans for Plemont Headland. This exceptional location must be sold to the National trust for Jersey, and returned to nature. Any other outcome involving development of the site, can only demonstrate the extent to which greed and self interest have become endemic in Jersey.

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