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LeftishBrit

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13. Agree about Clegg; but the OP quoted a Daily Mail attack on the LDs, not for collaborating with the
Mon Feb 18, 2013, 06:30 AM
Feb 2013

Right, but for not being quite right-wing enough. While the particular plan is probably indeed badly-thought-out, the DM is against ANY sort of increased taxation on the rich, or other progressive economic policy.

Similarly, people on GD sometimes quote the DM approvingly because it criticizes Blair and New Labour - but in fact, it is doing so from the Right rather than the Left. After all, it's pretty clear that the DM doesn't even think that Cameron is right-wing enough!

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