A Disappearing Yellow Haze…
Have you noticed how irrelevant the Liberal Democrats are becoming? Two days ago there was a re-shuffle of their front bench which barely hit the radar screens. A year ago we were entertained much more frequently to the views of Liberal Democrat spokesmen on the airwaves – no more it seems. Engagingly eccentric Lembit Opik was the only Liberal Democrat MP to be noticed this week.
David Cameron has led the charge very successfully on green issues. The interim report on foreign policy written by Pauline Neville-Jones and her team, endorsed by David Cameron, has also enabled the Conservatives to create greater distance even on a difficult subject like Iraq – but with real coherence. I fear that the Liberals’ thunder has been stolen. In contrast to Ming, David has caught the public’s imagination. Today’s poll says it all.
It would appear that we are back to two party politics in England. That is why my Liberal Democrat opponent in two General Elections defected to us this year, citing their increasing irrelevance.Colleagues report tetchiness amongst Liberal Democrat MPs. I can’t think why!