David Laws's resignation caps a bad week for the coalition and David Cameron in particular.
First, he was forced to backtrack on his attempt to neuter the 1922 Committee. Then Andy Coulson managed to antagonise the executive editor of Question Time to such an extent that he went public about what was a fairly routine request for the Labour Party to put up a member of the Shadow Cabinet on the panel before agreeing to put up a member of the Cabinet. And now this – the resignation of the man who, more than any other Lib Dem, convinced Tory sceptics that the coalition might actually be a good thing. (To read more, click here.)
Re: David Laws
Posted by Bill on 30-05-2010 09:40:
In other blogs people revel in the first casualty. I suspect these are bigoted old women of both genders who don't realise the world has changed and love to carp from the safety of anonimity. I suspect he will be back - and soon.
Interesting proposal from @PCollinsTimes: Govt should fund a £15b stimulus by imposing an addition £15b of cuts link (££) (1 hour ago)
