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Richmond upon Thames Liberal Democrats:Covering the constituencies of Twickenham and Richmond Park |
Tonge speaks out
May 7, 2011 3:58 PM
• [May 07] 1.09pm: A LIBERAL Democrat peer has accused David Cameron of treating Nick Clegg "appallingly" and of breaking the coalition agreement. Baroness Jenny Tonge, claimed the Tories were intent on "implementing Margaret Thatcher's dream of a privatised Britain" and said the Lib Dems should now refuse to support any government reforms except economic changes designed to restore health to the public finances, according to Politicshome. As for the NHS reform, that should be thrown out completely, she said.
Tonge said: "I think what a lot of Liberal Democrats feel is that they didn't need to do and agree to all the other things. Yes get the economy straight, but that did not mean reforming the police, reforming the health service, all this nonsense, reorganising going on, destroying our state education system, we didn't have to go along with that.
I think Nick Clegg was treated appallingly by David Cameron, I really do. It makes me so, so angry, so angry, that he was treated so badly. That was David Cameron breaking the conditions of the Coalition agreement, because he'd agreed not to go for Nick personally during the AV referendum campaign, and he did."
• AV referendum and election results: live coverage [Guardian Politics Blog May 07]
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