Election Results Analysis: Bitter Nick Clegg Tries to Blame Margaret Thatcher
THE DAILY TELEGRAPH: It was that bad. Yes, Nick Clegg was forced to blame Margaret Thatcher for his party’s pitiful showing in not-so-super Thursday’s elections.


The Deputy Prime Minister’s bitter response to the Liberal Democrat thumping was to claim that voters had turned away from him because of fears that the Coalition was heading towards replicating the 1980s and all its horror.

The Lib Dem leader has had quite a long time to think of an excuse and in the end he pathetically reached for one trotted out by his party’s pigmy president Tim Farron last week.

Mr Clegg committed to redoubling his efforts to illustrate why the Lib Dem influence in the Coalition will halt the dastardly Tories from implemented their neo-Thatcherite plans. Good luck with that.

It is difficult to overstate what a shocker Mr Clegg has presided over – and today it is unlikely to get any better. If he has been slumped on the ropes by the council results, he is likely to be dropped to the canvas by the inevitable No vote in the Alternative Referendum that will be announced this evening. Continue reading and comment » | Andrew Porter, Political Editor | Friday, May 06, 2011

Liberal Democrats Have Taken 'Big Knocks', Says Nick Clegg
THE GUARDIAN: Lib Dem leader admits party taking brunt of anger at coalition amid worst local elections performance in 30 years

The Liberal Democrats appear to have suffered their worst performance at the polls in 30 years, suffering heavy losses across the north of England, Scotland and Wales.

Nick Clegg admitted his party was taking the brunt of the blame for a perception that the coalition government is dragging Britain back to the Thatcherism of the 1980s.

The Liberal Democrat leader and deupty prime minister said the party had taken "big knocks" in the local elections.

"Clearly what happened last night – especially in those parts of the country, Scotland, Wales, the great cities of the north, where there are real anxieties about the deficit reduction plans we are having to put in place ... we are clearly getting the brunt of the blame," he told reporters.

"To the many families in those parts of the country especially there are some very strong memories of what life was like under Thatcherism of the 1980s and that's what they fear they are returning to. We need to get up, dust ourselves down and move on." » | Polly Curtis, Patrick Wintour and Hélène Mulholland | Friday, May 06, 2011

Tory, Labour and Lib-Dem Treason: All Three Back Turkey’s Entry into the EU
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BNP: Conservative Shadow minister Michael Gove has been exposed as the influential guiding hand behind propaganda attempts to get Turkey admitted to the European Union - a move, which if successful, will see Europe utterly swamped by Muslims.

Mr Gove, who is Tory Shadow Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families and MP for Surrey Heath, is one of a cross party group of patrons of a new magazine called Turkey In Europe launched last week at a reception at the Houses of Parliament.

According to the Turkish newspaper Hurriyet Daily News, the magazine was “launched on behalf of the patrons of Turkey in Europe who are Michael Gove MP, Dr Denis MacShane MP and Graham Watson MEP.”

Mr Macshane is from the Labour Party and Mr Watson is leader of the Liberal Democrats in the European Parliament.

The editor of the new magazine, Osman Streater, said that it “was established to bring international business together and to promote Turkish membership of the European Union,” according to Hurriyet. >>> BNP News | Thursday, May 21, 2009