I don't usually link to Lib Dem stuff but I thought that this video needed as wide a coverage as possible.
It's not just the hammy acting and the dodgy camera work (who am I to talk) it is what he is saying that is worth watching. As far as I can make out he admits that the Lib Dems have no hope of forming a government, that they cannot beat the Conservatives and that they have no money.
How did I draw those conclusions? Here's how.
No hope of forming a government: He said that the Lib Dems would target 50 seats where they are second place to Labour. They have 62 MPs at the moment 62+50=not enough MPs to form a government.
They cannot beat the Conservatives: He said that he was going to move resources to fight these 50 seats, where from? The logical place to move resources from is from Conservative/Lib Dem marginals.
They have no money: He asked for viewers to did into they pockets to help him make these changes. That doesn't sound like a reallocation of financial resources to me, it sounds like a plea for new money.
What a compelling message to give to the troops after weeks of near silence.
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Not total silence, they did launch "Make it Happen" last week suggesting they were moving to the right with tax cuts and smaller government - how they plan to sell that to Labour voters is a mystery.
IMHO we should raise a glass to them and wish them luck. If they can take out those Labour seats then perhaps, just perhaps, we can finally realise Mrs T's ambition to have a non-socialist alternative to the Conservatives.
They have 63 MPs at present - having won a by-election since the 2005 General Election.
Even with 112 MPs they could form a government. Not by themselves, but with the Conservatives. Of course this is probably not part of Cameron's strategy, but it is a good dfall back position, surely better than another 5 years of clumsy fist of Gordon Brown.
I thought he had died.
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