The Liberal Democrats, generally

Re: The Liberal Democrats, generally#109634

By Tubby Isaacs - Mon Apr 27, 2026 3:09 pm

- Mon Apr 27, 2026 3:09 pm #109634

I see we've moved from "the PM definitely lied to Parliament" to "there's definitely a cover up". There is scrutiny. The Select Committee are looking at it, and Starmer's had UQs and the normal PMQs. Note the silly Boris Johnson comparison too.

On the plus side, Ed's not going down well BTL. Anybody on Bluesky fancy reminding Ed of the time the Lib Dems (whipped) abstained on an investigation into Jeremy Hunt over the BSkyB takeover?

https://www.theguardian.com/politics/20 ... eremy-hunt

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Re: The Liberal Democrats, generally#109635

By Boiler - Mon Apr 27, 2026 3:32 pm

- Mon Apr 27, 2026 3:32 pm #109635

Deservedly getting a kicking over Horizon, I see.

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Re: The Liberal Democrats, generally#109636

By Tubby Isaacs - Mon Apr 27, 2026 3:42 pm

- Mon Apr 27, 2026 3:42 pm #109636

I know they were the smaller party in the coalition. but that abstention on investigating Hunt (a mere Ministerial Code investigation, I think, not the Star Chamber that Kemi will have planned now) was pretty poor. I don't know what they got in return for that favour. I doubt Vince Cable was impressed, having had the BSkyB decision taken away from him and given to Hunt. Maybe Vince sounded off in The Observer that weekend, which is something I recall from the period. This was very David Brent "you should have seen me in there".