The Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg is trying his best in the Guardian to trash the reputation of the well respected Think Tank the Institute of Fiscal Studies (IFS) and accuse them of bias and not being very nice to him.
This is the same IFS who Mr Clegg was happy to quote during the General Election Campaign mind you, when it was saying nice things about the Lib Dems plans that on the whole have be dumped by the Coalition, after they concluded that June’s budget and this week’s Comprehensive Spending Review from the Coalition were regressive and hit the poorest hardest.
Worse still for the Lib Dems and their leader were the IFS claims that only the measures the previous Chancellor Labour’s Alistair Darling put in place for the top earners made it more progressive.
I can understand why Nick Clegg might be worried after all his party has slipped to 10% in the latest YouGov poll and many MP, Councillors, AM’s and activist are worried about the scale of the cuts especially in Wales, but how wise is it for Nick Clegg to attack such a highly regarded Think Tank as the IFS and its methods when the majority of people believe them rather than the politicians.
And we shouldn’t forget that it was Nick Clegg who signed his party up to the Coalition knowing full well what was in store for the General public in the months and years ahead, in mine and lots of other people’s opinions Nick Clegg would be better off defending his Government's decisions rather than attacking those who are pointing out uncomfortable truths.Any source
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