Today’s links have been reheated several times, and are now stored in a Tupperware container at the back of the fridge. Warning: these links may give you the trots…

Lib Dem Special Redux

The weekend’s blogs offer no respite from the ongoing Lib Dem leadership contest. This time the venue for the rematch was a couple of naff leather chairs on The Politics Show (regulars should note, Huhne is still wearing that tie – is he taking the piss?). The exchange, destined on paper to be yet another points-draw, was anything but, as Huhne turned nasty and hit Clegg several times below the belt (don’t worry, there is plenty of life in this boxing analogy yet).

The Cleggies were apoplectic with rage, with none more so than Linda Jack (Lindyloo’s Muze), whose opinion of Huhne’s fighting style had slumped to the point where she declared he’s, “a man I personally now dread becoming our leader.” Ouch. She goes on, her anger spilling over into yet another post (less than an hour later): “I am far too ladylike to say what I really think, so I will have to stick with horrible.” Steady on. But wait. There’s more: “…Team Huhne even tried to suggest he had twice as many supporters as Clegg………..doh!!!!!! Since when was 1000 twice as many as 1441? So he can’t do maths either, and I thought that was supposed to be one of his USPs?”

Going for “Bestest header ever”, is David Rundle (de moribus liberalibus), with, “Huhne and Cry.” Genius. Rundle’s not taken with Huhne’s spiky new persona either, as he finally makes his mind up who he’ll vote for, dismissing Huhne as, “a bad loser even before the votes are cast.” That’ll teach him for wearing that shit tie, eh?

Steve Webb MP is not a happy camper either, as he laments the election’s descent into animosity: “This is obviously unhelpful for us as a party, as a leadership contest that is about issues gives us a chance to promote the party, but one that turns into a slanging match is damaging for us all.” Dat gotta hurt.

Huhne denied that he had anything to do with the dossier that referred to his opponent as “Calamity Clegg”, but this didn’t wash with Chris Abbot, who cried “beggars belief”. Abbot also points out that such antics were a sign of desperation, a sentiment probably shared by Jeremy Hargreaves, who believes Clegg now has the momentum to win.

In the spirit of balance, I really should link to Steve Guy (the sandals are off), who is still backing Chris. So there. I have.

More red mist

Chris Dillow is positively seething at Rod Liddle’s piece in today’s Times. Liddle is of course becoming quite the arse, shovelling, as he does, the sort of rightwing fodder that a certain rabid section of The Times’ readership relishes. Dillow examines Liddle’s latest anti-immigration rant and finds it wanting.

Elsewhere…

Indigo Jo Blogs – NHS hymen repairs

nourishing obscurity – [bad theology] tutu should check his bible

OurKingdom – The case for detention without trial rebutted

Shiraz Socialist – Labour Representation Committee Conference Report

Mike Ion – The Oxford Union, the BNP and David Irving

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Aaron Murin-Heath is a regular contributor. He is a writer based in Newark-on-Trent and Tallinn, Estonia. He is both socially and economically liberal. Aaron blogs at tygerland.net.
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