Mr Flip-flop?

If we ever needed confirmation that the Liberal Democrats will say whatever they feel like saying depending on the mood they're in (most of us didn't need the confirmation) then we got it today. Nick Clegg changed his mind again today over his spending plans promising to shelve many of his party's top spending pledges.


At the Lib Dem conference last year, we were promised 'savage cuts' from the Lib Dems; they were dumping their pledge to abolish university tuition fees which won them many votes at the last election in student-dominated seats (including my own constituency). But amidst the back-lash, Nick Clegg back-tracked and promised he was still committed to abolishing tuition fees. But then today we hear that he isn't committed to that after all.



However the reality is, it doesn't matter what Mr Clegg thinks, says or promises he is going to do because he will not form the next government. There is very little chance that Liberal Democrat policies will inform the legislative programme after the general election.



But the one thing he should be telling us, but he won't, is what he'll do in a Hung Parliament. He avoided the question completely today despite the fact that polls show he could be called upon to be the king-maker after May.

Please do us a favour Mr Clegg, stop flip-flopping and tell us something we really want to know.