Oh Cleggy...
Trying to hide his euro policy
· Nick Clegg tries to hide his euro policy. In the debate, Nick Clegg said: ‘No I’m not advocating entry into the euro.’
· But last year, he thought the euro was an ‘anchor’. Last year, Nick Clegg told the Financial Times that the euro would ‘anchor’ countries against the ‘vulnerable exposure to international financial markets.’ (The Financial Times, 21 January 2010)
· And his manifesto advocates joining the euro. ‘We believe that it is in Britain’s long-term interest to be part of the euro.’ (Liberal Democrat Manifesto 2010, page 67)
Trying to hide his policy for an amnesty for 600,000 illegal immigrants
· Nick Clegg tries to hide his amnesty policy. ‘I'm not advocating an amnesty…’
· But Nick Clegg has previously called his policy a ‘selective amnesty’. ‘And most controversially in our proposals…also establishing a selective amnesty, if you like, a route to earned legalisation for the up to 600,000 people who have being living in this country invisibly, illegally, often exploited by unscrupulous employers and others.’ (
http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/video/2007/sep/18/nick.clegg, approximately one minute into video)
· And his manifesto promises illegal immigrants an amnesty. ‘We will allow people who have been in Britain without the correct papers for ten years… live here long-term to earn their citizenship.’ (Liberal Democrat Manifesto 2010, page 76)
Trying to hide the facts about immigration from outside the EU
· Nick Clegg tries to hide facts about non-EU immigration to the UK. ‘You say numbers, can you now tell me, am I right or wrong that 80 per cent of people who come here come from the European Union…?’
· But official statistics show Nick Clegg is completely wrong. In 2008, net foreign migration was 251,000 of which 63,000 or 25 per cent was from the EU. Over the past five years the average has been 31 per cent (
http://www.statistics.gov.uk/statbase/Product.asp?vlnk=15053 Table 2.01a)
Trying to hide his benefits policy
· Nick Clegg tries to hide his real benefits policy. ‘We all agree benefits should be conditioned. We all agree they shouldn't be dished out for free if people refuse to take up work.’
· But his DWP spokesman says benefits should not be conditional. Asked about the Lib Dem benefits policy today, Lib Dem Work and Pensions Spokesman Steve Webb said: ‘[Questioner] “Just a very quick yes, no question. If somebody, long term unemployed, or, or even more recently, turns down the first job offer, will you do what the other two are doing which is remove their benefits after two weeks or after a month?” [Steve Webb]: “No we won’t because what we need to do is look at the demand for work, and there’s not really enough of that...”’ (Daily Politics, BBC 2, 29 April 2010)
Trying to hide his VAT bombshell on houses
· Nick Clegg tries to hide VAT bombshell on housing. ‘…the second thing we need to do is invest in the kind of things we need…Affordable housing...’
· But his manifesto promises to levy VAT on new homes. Liberal Democrats would make it more difficult for first-time buyers to get onto the housing ladder. They want to levy VAT on new homes, which currently is zero-rated: ‘We will equalise VAT on new build and repair.’ (Liberal Democrat Manifesto 2010, page 81)
) this, we'll lose our AAA rating.
as a matter of fact I was in & around manchester tonight - I work nights.
Did you even read the thread? 
