Lib Dem leader Nick Clegg has ruled out approving further government spending cuts unless the Conservatives agree to some form of wealth tax.
While in principle this measure is hard to disagree with, I struggle to see just how Clegg plans to convince the Conservatives to introduce a wealth tax.
If the coalition was made up of Lib Dem and Labour then it would most probably have been introduced by now, but convincing the Tories is a whole different ball-game.
Earlier in the week Clegg made a full public apology for breaking his pledge to raise tuition fees and with that still so fresh in people’s minds is making another categorical promise the smartest thing to do.
Is this a serious workable policy that he thinks has a real chance of success, or is it just rhetoric that is designed to, temporarily, silence critics within his own party ahead of the Lib Dem annual conference?
Hopefully in two years time we won’t be faced with a situation where another auto-tuned YouTube single of Clegg apologising is released because he failed to curb spending cuts or introduce a wealth tax.
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