Charlieeeee--bbbooyy!!!!!!

It was fairly obvious for months before the election that King wanted a change of government: his every public pronouncement was caged in terms that made that clear.

And if he was being so disloyal in public, what was he saying in private?

JMc

Many strange things have happened over the past couple of years regarding this particular issue.

One being tha Merv the Swerve still has a job and credibility after his moral hazard lecture met the reality of economic survival.

He was pretty second rate compared to EG when he started and experience has not improved him.

Another interesting issue is Dave the Rave's football allegiance, AV so I am told. Please note that this refers to Aston Villa and not a particular voting system.

When was this support for Aston Villa first announced to a sceptical world? He has previous claiming that he knows nothing and cares even less about the sport, a bit like economics in a way (dog boiler to the core) so when did he acquire a football team to support?

And what link does he have to Aston Villa in grubby, dusty Birmingham? He is going to get no social climbing points for his tilt at the landed gentry with MON's autograph.

Interesting that Merv the Swerve seems to share a love of the same team, would the two events be in any way be connected?

Presumably, if Clegg had been been presented with shocking new figures that made him change his mind, such figures would have been openly published by now (the Con-Dems would have no incentive not to publish them).

As far as I'm aware, the only things that have come to the fore is that we're borrowing less than was predicted and growth is better than predicted.

Clegg should give us the details of what supposedly changed his mind else people might think they never existed in the first place.

Merv has never hidden his dislike of Gordon Brown. I fully believe he influenced the out-come of the coalition talks.
Gordon and Darking should have dumped him when they had the chance in 2009.

Tony Blair in claiming to originate the idea of an independent Bank of England presumably includes depriving the Bank of England of its responsibility for preserving the solvency of the banking system.

Clegg is so obviously a dissembler with the facts. I agree with other comments that the rich will be unlikely to suffer from the cuts. It is interesting that the Observer suggests that the Fawcett Society may challenge the austerity budget in the courts.

where are you james?

Don't you means 'ruins' Britain!

Media discussion on the government of the country is conducted almost exclusively in terms of existing structures and personnel. You can guarantee, for example, that the likes of Mervyn King comes from a privileged background and has received an establishment education, so what then is the point of wondering what he may or may not have said to another of his ilk (Clegg) on the question of the economy? We know what our rulers are about - power and privilege.

Democracy is not rule by privilege. And until we free ourselves of the greed that privilege imparts and encourages in society as a whole, we will remain a divided, unjust and warlike people