Nick Clegg: an apology

I had always made a rule that I would never blog about anything to do with my current employer.  Basically, it’s so I don’t inadvertently undermine them or say something that can be used against them, when it wasn’t them that actually said it.

Working for the Liberal Democrats has made it difficult at times, but when I worked for Chris Huhne I didn’t blog about him, and that had largely been the case now that I am Constituency Organiser for Nick Clegg.  Until the last couple of months of last year, the only exceptions had been one or two completely innocuous comments, which would invariably being in praise (you can check by searching tags: nick clegg).  The leadership election changed all of that. How could I, as a Lib Dem, not write about the most important thing that was happening in the party at that time?  Fortunately as I was backing Nick anyway, and I wanted him to win I could easily make sure that all I wrote was positive and I left out any of the negative comment.

So to my apology.  With Nick Clegg as leader it is impossible to sustain that rule forever.  So if you are reading this Nick, (and I know that you occasionally do read my blog), please accept that whilst I will usually stick to my old policy of omitting negative comments, where there is something that is a major deal for the party, I will write what I really feel.   My next posting is going to be a good example of that – largely positive, but with one or two slight disagreements.

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