He also defends Labour’s line on immigration: “Tough controls. It’s a pledge from us: it’s on the mug.”
“The Coalition Government did some good work but majority government is more accountable. What I put in my manifesto is the programme… nothing gets haggled away in back room deals.”
“You can either go with the leadership of David Cameron… or you can have the chaos and the taxes and the debt of Ed Miliband.”
“It’s a better plan, in which a proper industrial strategy builds on the great strengths of British business to deliver higher wages, higher skills, and higher profits, for firms and families together.”
The short film is titled “Securing a better future for you and your family”.
True to Lib Dem form, Paddy agrees with Ken on the need for proportional representation and Michael on the threat of the SNP.
“I’m going to be campaigning as hard as I possibly can to make sure we stick to the plan that’s delivering security for Britain… for you, your family, and for your children’s future.”
But tells Andrew Marr that no decisions have yet been taken about where they will fall.
It’s one of his old favorites (as on Desert Island Discs). He wouldn’t sing the tune – but he did chant the words.
Paxman v the Prime Minister, Paxman v the Opposition Leader.
“I have been played as a fool. But I would much rather be an honourable fool, in this and any other matter, than a clever man.”
The last PMQs of the parliament saw the Labour leader walk into a trap.
The first in a fortnightly series of videos from the MEP, author and ConHome columnist.
As Chris Ship of ITV noted on Twitter: “And this is the group this govt has insulated from austerity…”
So unlike Margaret Thatcher, he won’t seek to “go on and on”. But by naming possible future Tory leaders, has he just set a tiger among the pigeons?