General Election 2010 - Nick Clegg's big fat policy waffle - the video

To all you considering voting Lib Dem for the first time - I'm sorry to have to do this , but Nick Clegg's words are nothing but waffle. See for yourself:

General Election 2010 - Vince Cable's amnesty waffle on Question Time

When the Lib Dems realised that their illegal immigrant amnesty policy was a real vote loser they tried to back away from it, remember Vince Cable denying all knowledge of the figures on last week's Question Time? Watch this video and all will be revealed:

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General Election 2010: Hypocritical? Nick Clegg's dodgy expenses.

Nick Clegg is going for the whiter than white look by making out that the Lib Dems were somehow nothing to do with the expenses scandal. Well watch this video of Andrew Neil questioning Clegg and know the truth:

General Election 2010 - David Cameron on why you should vote Conservative - Video

David Cameron explains why we need a Conservative government if we want real change.



And click HERE to see why you should not vote for Nick Clegg's Lib Dems.

General Election 2010 - Why you should not vote for Nick Clegg's Lib Dems

Nick Clegg's Lib Dems have received a boost in the polls after the first televised debate between the three main party leaders. I can understand why Nick Clegg came out on top, he had a free hand whilst the two main parties attacked each other, but I hope that people will now take a hard look at his strange policies. It's easy to go on about fairness, but being fair actually requires more than just empty words.

Equality:

The Lib Dems currently have 63 MPs and not a single one of them is black or Asian, and of those 63, only 9 are women. Does that sound like a fair and progressive party? Not only that, but if you look at all the seats where the Lib Dems stand a chance of winning in the Election, not one of their candidates is black or Asian. The Lib Dem party is an all white, mostly male party now, and it will be exactly the same after the Election. Take a look at the picture above - It is the picture at the top of the lib Dem website - and it is a lie. The Lib Dems are the party that is truly stuck in the past when it comes to equality. Click to enlarge the picture to the left if you want to see the real face of the Lib Dems. You may notice that they have packed five women into the top two rows.

Defence:

Nick Clegg wants to scrap the replacement for Trident, our Nuclear defence system. Unbelievably he suggests that we don't need a deterrent, or that it could be replaced with a land based system that can be made ready in six months if threatened. We have lived with nuclear threat warnings that have been measured in minutes - now Clegg is asking any aggressor to give us six months warning - is Clegg living on the same planet as the rest of us? It is the nuclear deterrent that has protected this country since the last world war.

Immigration:

On immigration the Lib Dems are all for an amnesty allowing those illegal immigrants already here to stay here. Clegg rejects the Conservative policy to cap the number of people coming here, and he is quite happy for immigration to remain in the hundreds of thousands. It's a pity that he seems to be less than happy to allow newcomers to become Lib Dem MPs. Remember that is highly unlikely that any Lib Dem MPs after this election will be black or Asian, and very few will be women.

Crime:

On Crime Clegg wants to scrap short sentences. This is the kind of wishy washy policy that the Lib Dems are known for. Labour have let us down by letting prisoners out early, the Lib Dems want to go further by not locking them up in the first place. It is this kind of Liberal thinking that has caused our prisons to become more like holiday camps. Whilst the public are crying out for tougher sentencing and harder time, the Lib Dems want to leave criminals free to roam our streets. Do you think the Lib Dems will bring in tougher sentencing, or build more prisons? No, nor do I.



EU:

Don't forget for one minute that the Lib Dems under Nick Clegg voted for the Lisbon Treaty - the Conservatives were the only major party to vote against the Treaty. Now Clegg wants us to join the Euro and integrate further in the EU - he wants us to became part of one big European super state. This former MEP is an out and out Europhile and does not care that most Britons do not want to give away more powers to our EU masters.

There are many more disturbing Lib Dem policies and I urge you to have a good look at them before even considering voting for them. There's a good reason they have been the third party for such a long time, and it is all down to their weird wishy washy policies.

Nick Clegg unveils Lib Dem Manifesto - front cover.

Nick Clegg will unveil the Lib Dems manifesto this morning. I hope the assembled press finally put their policies under some real scrutiny. I won't be watching as Clegg bores me to tears - the man is an atmosphere hoover.


Front Cover:

New Lib Dem Logo:

These are not official Lib Dem pictures

Hypocritical? Atheist Nick Clegg asks for the Christian vote.

How can Nick Clegg, a self professed Atheist, ask Christians to vote for the Lib Dems? What he is basically saying is "I don't believe in your God, or the teachings of Christ, but please vote for me". I don't mind Clegg asking every single person in this country to vote for him, but I find it more than just a little hypocritical to directly appeal to a group that has beliefs that he sees as fantasy. You could watch this video and never know that Clegg does not believe in God.

Would you vote for a potential Prime Minister who doesn't believe in God?
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Nick Clegg: Lib Dem Party Political Broadcast Video

Nick Clegg's coalition fence sitting is damaging democracy

Nick Clegg's reluctance to name the Party he would be prepared to form a coalition with in the event of a hung parliament is a direct threat to democracy. By not coming clean on which party he is willing to work with, Clegg is keeping the public in the dark. We are now going into a General Election with many voters not knowing which party they are actually voting for.

Many Lib Dems will not want to be connected to the Labour Party, and many will not want a coalition with the Conservative party. What Clegg is basically saying is that he will decide (after the election) which party the Lib Dems form a coalition with - not the voters. Don't Lib Dem voters have the right to know who they are voting for? The most likely outcome of a hung parliament would be a Lib/Lab coalition - that is the preferred option for the majority of Lib Dem voters - but nothing is for sure. How do those voters feel about forming a government with the Conservatives? A government run by David Cameron with a few token Lib Dems in the Cabinet?

As long as Nick Clegg sits on the fence, treating Lib Dem supporters like mushrooms*, those same supporters will not know if they are voting for a Labour or Conservative government.

It was Patrick Murray who said:

"Any political party that includes the word 'democratic' in its name, isn't."

Kept in the dark and fed sh*t.

Poll: Would you vote for a potential Prime Minister who doesn't believe in God?

Nick Clegg tells us he doesn't believe in God. Do you think that matters when voting for a Prime Minister?

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Nick Clegg - Tax shouldn't be taxing - property tax.

Before we start I should set out my position. I don't own a property worth £1m and I probably never will. I'm not some "Tory Toff" - I'm from a council estate in Barnsley and up until the last four years or so I have been a Labour voter. I have always paid tax as I've never been out of work, and like many, I will probably pay tax for the vast majority of my adult life. Bearing that in mind I want to tell you why I find proposals like the Lib Dem's new "Property Tax" so nauseating.

The rich paying extra tax is "fair". That's what I keep hearing form Labour and Lib Dem MPs - "it's fair that the rich pay more" Why? They already pay more tax than the rest of us so why is it "fair" that they pay even more? Why should the government have more claim on the better-offs money than mine? It's not bloody "fair". Fair is everyone working and paying their way. Fair is everyone paying the same percentage of their wages in tax. Even then, the richer you are, the more you give to Gordon Brown.

Labour and Lib Dem MPs realise it is not "fair", but they know that it is a good way to rake in more money, and they also think it is a vote winner with the public at large. I think they are wrong - the politics of envy are dying. I'm not rich, I'm a married man with for four kids and a mortgage to pay. I don't envy the rich, and I don't think it would be "fair" to see them hammered for more tax just because a bunch of lefties and beardy weirdies think that it is "fair". The well off are entitled to the money they earn like the rest of us. Many of those with £1m homes will have bloody great mortgages to pay (or may even be retired) - and the last thing they will want to hear is some idiot like Clegg telling them that it is "fair" that he's going to take even more of their money.

I'm sorry but saying that it is "fair" to tax someone more because they have worked hard to get a good job makes my blood boil. There is nothing "fair" about it. It's called passing laws to 'legally steal' someones money - knowing that you won't lose too many votes (or might even win some). Thank God the Leftie is a dying breed in this country.

Lib Dems - The real party of change!

Lib Dems - The real party of change! - What's this? a Tory supporter agreeing with Nick Clegg that his party is the party of change?

No party is changing more than the Lib Dems. In fact - if you watch their conference this week - you will no doubt see their policies changing with the Bournemouth tides. Vince Cable's much celebrated list of cuts announced this week fly in the face of recent Lib Dem promises to spend £6.7bn on childcare and education (see Straight Talk with Andrew Neil). There are rumours about them dropping their "scrap tuition fees" policy, but who knows? Clegg has been quiet for months, but now, he's not calling for those ordinary Conservative cuts, or fluffy union pleasing Labour cuts - oohh no! - he's calling for savage Lib Dem cuts! - the man is an animal I tell yer, grrrrr...

The Lib Dems are changing so much that many supporters may cry "stop I want to get off".

New Lib Dem General Election campaign poster.

Nick Clegg has got some nerve. We haven't heard a squeak out of him for months and now he pops up to call David Cameron a conman. Apparently Calamity Clegg will accuse the Tory leader of saying anything to win the next election.... no don't laugh - he's serious.

I hear that tonight's Straight Talk (watch now) with Andrew Neil is well worth watching. By all accounts he nails Vince Cable over his party's sudden policy shift from spending on childcare and education. Would that mean the Lib Dems are saying anything to win the next election? surely not.

This is not a real Lib Dem poster.

Lib Dem Conference - Nick Clegg's fairytale speech.

I've just had the great displeasure of watching someone do a exceedingly poor impression of David Cameron. In fact I had to stop watching for the sake of my blood pressure. Talking without notes, à la Cameron (but using very discreet autocue), Clegg set out a political agenda that proved that the Lib Dems will do anything and say anything to win votes. He promised tax cuts (this week) and social justice. Tax cuts that he has struggled to explain were the money will come from. As for social justice, I don't think he explained at all how that was going to be achieved, but he did say it would be nice to have some.

It also seems that he would like us to be living in caves in about twenty years time. NO NUCLEAR and NO COAL he proclaimed to an audience that managed to look both jubilant and uncomfortable in clothing hand knitted from their own pubic hair. I'm sure Clegg keeps up with current affairs (well I hope he does, £30 p/w pension?), so he must have seen recent reports slating alternative sources of energy as being a) bloody expensive, and b) I think more importantly, bloody useless. He is making policy promises that he knows that he will never get to implement and would never work if he did.

I've always thought of the Lib Dems as the nice to have party. A lot of their policies would be nice to have if they had any chance of working, or if we had any chance of being able to afford them. The main gist of Clegg's speech seemed to be aimed at attracting Labour voters, attacking Cameron and adopting a Tory stance to help the party fight marginal southern seats. All in all, his speech was well delivered, but it lacked substance and was full of the usual Lib Dem fairytales.

And as for: "I can tell you where we're headed. Government!" - well, words really do fail me.

Nick Clegg - Tonight Matthew, I will be David Cameron!

I've just watched Nick Clegg on the Andrew Marr show (24min 30sec in) and I have come to a few conclusions. Nick has (in my opinion) aped David Cameron and duplicated Conservative policies (apart from on the EU) from the day he was installed as Lib Dem leader. This is a exceedingly dodgy strategy to lead the Lib Dems into the next general election. It could work out one of two ways: The Lib Dems could steal votes from the Conservatives by appealing to those who agree with Conservative policy, but find it difficult due to past loyalties, to vote Tory. Or it could be a total disaster if the electorate realise that both the Lib Dems and the Conservatives have the same plans for the UK, but only one party has any real chance of being elected - making any vote for Nick Clegg a waste of ink.

If your party is consistently performing poorly in the polls and you have to change your policies to imitate another party, then surely your party is dead and buried. Lib Dem policies of the past have proved to be wishy-washy pie in the sky and the people have tried them and realised that they just don't work. We have soft prisons, poor discipline in schools, a shameless society and a weak police force - not to mention a generation of kids who have been taught that competition is unfair. It's been a hard lesson for all of us, and it will take a long time to reverse the damage caused. Lib Dems reading this will say how can you blame us for the state of the country when we haven't been in power for ages? Well I think you have. The Labour party has been a haven for Liberals desperate for power, who have realised that they have no chance of achieving their ambitions with the Lib Dems.

Nick Clegg is taking up a Conservative position because he has woken up to the fact that the country has had enough of Social liberalism and Social democracy. We have a generation of underclass who know no shame and think it is their right to live off the tax payer. We have a criminal system that seems geared around the rights of the criminal rather than the victim. We have thousands of kids who have been diagnosed with ADHD, when in fact many are just obnoxious and unruly little thugs in need of discipline. We have a convention on human rights which makes it impossible to eject those who would do us harm from our own country. We have a government willing to give away our sovereignty to a EU superstate without a promised democratic vote.

I look forward to a Conservative government. I look forward to an era of common sense leadership to drag our nation out of its descent into the gutter.

Nick Clegg should Apollo-gise for this rubbish.

Nigg Clegg, the true master of talking out of your arse is off again, this time he says we can be self-sufficient in energy by 2050 without building new coal-fired or nuclear power stations. He has announced a massive five page (yes five full pages!) ‘Apollo Project for UK Energy Independence’. The main thrust of his brilliant plan is to "Source all energy requirements from within the EU by 2030 so that the country does not need to import energy from unstable regimes." Sounds good but if Clegg were to pay a visit to this planet for a short while he would realise that the idea of sourcing our energy requirements from within in the EU by 2030 is a work of science fiction:

From the EurActiv Site:

Oil and gas reserves are unevenly distributed around the globe, and the largest reserves are situated in politically or economically insecure regions (Middle-East, Russia). North Sea oil and gas fields have already been exploited beyond their peak, leaving Europe dependent on non-EU countries for future supply.

The Commission Green Paper on security of energy supply (November 2000) drew a sobering picture of the EU's energy situation. If no action is taken, it predicted, the EU's energy dependency will climb from 50% in 2000 to 70% in 2030. The particular situation for the main imported fossil fuels was described as follows:

Oil:

45% of EU oil imports originate from the Middle East;
by 2030, 90% of EU oil consumption will have to be covered by imports

Gas:

40% of EU gas imports originate from Russia (30% Algeria, 25% Norway);
By 2030, over 60% of EU gas imports are expected to come from Russia with overall external dependency expected to reach 80%.

Coal:

By 2030, 66% of EU needs is expected to be covered by imports.

To back up this massive five page document, Clegg points us to his Liberal Democrat policy paper 82 (2007) in which he claims that the Lib Dems will Increase the Renewable Transport Fuels Obligation to require at least 10 per cent of all fuel sold on UK forecourts to come from renewable sources by 2015. Isn't this just another example of the Lib Dems living in cloud cuckoo land when we know the damage Biofuels are causing?

Lords reject a referendum on the Lisbon Treaty.

The House of Lords has rejected the Conservative proposal to hold a referendum on the Lisbon Treaty by 62 votes. No doubt we can thank the Lib Dems for this betrayal of our country. Nick Clegg has proved himself once again to be two faced. Clegg ordered his MPs to abstain from the vote in the Commons, but he ordered his Peers to vote against a referendum in the Lords. We have been let down and sold down the river by our elected representatives. It is now down to our Irish cousins to save us from an EU Super State by voting NO in tomorrows referendum.

The vote was lost by 280 -218.

Breaking News: If you are Irish you must read this before voting. Your government has held secret talks in Brussels to get around a 'NO' vote tomorrow.

William Hague writes to Nick Clegg over Lisbon (again).

William Hague's most recent letter to Nick Clegg:

"Dear Nick,

Last week I wrote to you about the Liberal Democrats' position in the Lords on a referendum on the Lisbon Treaty. I have still had no reply.

Yesterday, the Lords rejected by 226 votes to 197 an amendment to improve parliamentary scrutiny and accountability over the Government's use of the opt-in on crucial justice and home affairs issues. The amendment was recommended by the cross-party Constitutional Affairs committee. In the Commons your party voted on a three line whip in favour of a near identical amendment. In the Lords your party voted on a three line whip against it. The vote was lost because your party voted against it.

Why did your party vote in utterly opposite ways in the Lords and Commons? Was it because you have completely changed your mind? Was it because your Liberal Democrat Lords are out of control? Or is it because your real objective is to see the Lisbon Treaty in force at all costs before the British people have a chance to have their say?

Tomorrow the Lords will vote on a referendum on the Treaty. Why do you refuse to explain why they are set to vote in a completely different way from your MPs? Don't voters have a right to know? Is it because your position is completely indefensible?

I look forward to your answer.

Yours sincerely,

William Hague

P.S. As I reminder I enclose my letter of last week. Owing to the public interest in this matter I am releasing this letter to the media."

I've posted on the subject of Nick Clegg's deceit on the Lisbon Treaty many times and I still don't understand his position. Perhaps he will reply to William Hague's letter this time and explain his ridiculous stance.

Breaking News: If you are Irish you must read this before voting. Your government has held secret talks in Brussels to get around a 'NO' vote tomorrow.

Nick Clegg has more faces than Big Ben (Lisbon Treaty).

I've pointed out several times what a complete and utter two faced ARSE Nick Clegg really is: HERE, HERE and HERE. Well it seems that William Hague has written to Cleggie asking where he actually stands on the subject of a referendum for the Lisbon Treaty. I'll be stuffed if I know.

William writes:

"Tomorrow the Lords will begin the key votes on the Lisbon Treaty, including the crucial vote on a referendum. In the Commons you ordered your MPs to abstain on the vote. You even ordered those frontbenchers who insisted on keeping their manifesto promises to resign.

You said you wanted a referendum on the EU – in or out. On 25th February you led your MPs in storming out of the Chamber because Mr. Speaker had not selected a Liberal Democrat amendment for that referendum.

In the Guardian on 25th February you wrote: 'We want a referendum on Europe with substance. This generation deserves its chance to say where we stand on Europe - in or out.'

Yet in the House of Lords, when an amendment was tabled to provide for the very In-Out referendum that you had presented as the key Liberal Democrat objective, your peers abstained. Had those 76 peers voted for the amendment you would have won the vote. Why were they told to abstain?

Now the Lords will soon vote on a referendum on the Lisbon Treaty. The Leader of the Liberal Democrats in the Lords has indicated that Lib Dem peers will be whipped to oppose it.

Do you support this? If not, have you lost control over your party in the Lords or will you publicly tell Lib Dem peers to vote the same way as Lib Dem MPs were told to? If you do, does that not expose your real position as being determined to force this Treaty through without the British people having the say they were promised in any way at all?

The Liberal Democrat position on Europe now looks to be a mixture of chaos and hypocrisy. Before you became leader you and Vince Cable proposed a motion at your 2005 party conference that 'any proposals which involve significant change in the relationship between the Union, the member states and its citizens should be approved in Britain through a referendum'. I agree with the thrust of that. So why won't you honour your promises?

The people who voted Lib Dem at the last election on the basis of your promises have a right to know your true position. I look forward to hearing from you what it actually is.

P.S. Owing to the public interest in this matter I am releasing this letter to the media."

Like William Hague, I will be waiting with bated breath for Clegg's reply. No doubt it will be worded in such a way that no one actually knows what he's talking about (himself included). What an embarrassment this man has turned out to be for the Lib Dems. The latest poll from ComRes shows the voter's opinion of his leadership.