Nick Robinson's excellent all access review of the five days that changed Britain following the 2010 general election revealed one thing very clearly - Nick Clegg is a liar and a treacherous, double dealing scumbag.
As Paddy Ashdown and Simon Hughes laughed at how the Liberal Democrats were trying to get the best deal for themselves their leader was displaying the worst possible advert for his beloved coalitions. The party that finished THIRD in the general election was loving being at the centre of attention and the kingmakers, so much so that Nick Clegg begged Gordon Brown not to resign so their narcissistic fantasy could last just a little bit longer.
One of the biggest surprises was the Lib Dem demand that Labour promise to cut spending now. This is absolutely shocking for so many reasons. Firstly, the Lib Dem manifesto that they had campaigned on for the last three weeks mentioned no such thing and actively and vigorously campaigned against the Tory cuts. Should I mention the VAT tax bombshell poster? No, that would be too easy. The fact that Clegg and Vince Cable changed their minds over cuts is astonishing, absolutely unbelievable. To think that overnight they can change the central theme of their entire manifesto shows a level of such stunning hypocrisy that even Westminster has never seen. It is an affront to democracy and challenges every single Lib Dem MP's place in parliament, as they lied to the electorate.
Originally Nick Clegg says he changed his mind after a phone call with the governor of the Bank of England (why on earth is he involved in politics anyway??) but when Mervyn King denied this was the case, Clegg effortlessly changed his story. Now he says he changed his mind during the election campaign!! The campaign when he was talking up the dangers of cuts. Why didn't he tell the voters that he was ripping up his manifesto mid-way through the election?
The second shocking point about the Lib Dem offer to Labour is the idea that Labour would abandon its economic policy. How dare they ask a party with 200 more seats than them to reverse a key manifesto pledge that is the central tenet of a progressive government. Labour is not the Lib Dems. We stand by our core election pledges and the fact that they thought the economy was even up for negotiation shows the vacuous and flippant nature of Lib Dem 'pledges'.
The other reminder of treachery surrounds David Cameron telling his own MPs that Labour was offering Alternative Vote without a referendum. Not true. But guess who was at the centre of things again - Clegg. He says he may have been offered that by Labour at some point in the future. What?!! So, if he would have been offered that would he have abandoned his spending cuts? But, mainly, he wasn't offered it and he clearly tricked Cameron into thinking he had been so he would offer him a referendum. You may think this was good tactics by Clegg but it just goes to show the double dealing scum that he is and how his principles are so transient and malleable. So desperate for power was he that he would do or say anything - Britain will be unforgiving at the next election.
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