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The Tortoise and the Lib Dems

4 August 2012

4:00 PM

4 August 2012

4:00 PM

The Lib Dems have been thoroughly ineffectual in the coalition. So much so that some of us — including Hugo Rifkind in this magazine — have asked why they bother to turn up for work. I wonder whether the Lib Dems press on with the coalition because they can’t face admitting to its failure.

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