LibDems: the phoney war begins

After yesterday's excitement with Gord going all "grrrrr! Smash!" on Cameron's ass and the consequent Bear Metaphor Massacre in the broadsheets, it looks like the ladies and gentlemen of the fourth estate have feasted well and are now looking for dessert elsewhere.

Whilst Ming Campbell might not look like a particularly succulent morsel, needs must on a quiet Thursday afternoon when Bob Neill is the, er, star turn in the Chamber (Greater London Authority Bill - Consideration of Lords' Amendments if you're interested. Oh, that's right, you're not).

The first major rumble in the echo Chamber (geddit?) came this morning in the Independent which picked up comments made in this article on a LibDem blog.

Guido then reported on a lunch he had with a "senior" LibDem, and it seems that that the knives are out.

Kevin McGuire's article in the New Statesman on whether Ming wears suspenders - for his socks, perverts - has led James Forsyth to question whether this will become the enduring image for the Liberals' lost leader, in the same way that the "underpants" were for John Major.

In this week's Spectator, Fraser Nelson warns Campbell to watch his back - behind which sit the widely tipped young pretenders Nick Clegg and Chris Huhne.

It looks like the coup is on, with the media leading the charge.

Written by Lloyd Shepherd on 11 Oct 2007 3:05 PM. Permalink