The Liberal Democrat conference voted to push the coalition to carry out a full review of plans to replace Trident. So if the Conservatives don’t bother with that but go ahead and replace Trident, will it be a resigning matter for any of them?
Will anything?
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Vince Cable was accused of being anti-business after venturing a mild criticism of “murky” corporate practices.
Murky corporate practices are what business is all about, some might say. Intriguingly, Downing Street officials said they were “happy” with what the Business Secretary had to say, while former Liberal Democrat leader Menzies Campbell said Mr Cable’s comments were “not the words” he would have used.
Presumably he was being critical, unless the words Sir Ming would have used are that corporate spivs should be locked up.
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Liberal Democrats this week called on their leadership to keep child benefits universal, seek to scrap tuition fees and take a more socially reponsible approach to cutting the deficit