Painful break-up may stall Lib Dems...

Sexy Nick Clegg has been loved and left by his chief of spin after an emotional 15 month tryst. Jonny Oates, who had been spinning the words of the Lib Dem team since early last year, decided that he was still young enough to be playing the field and that he was still very much in love with his previous employer, Bell Pottinger Public Affairs.

The news comes just six months after Clegg replaced Sir Menzies Campbell as the head of the Lib Dem party and will no doubt come as a blow to the party as a whole who, gaining decent results in the Crewe by-election, seemed to be on a winning streak. Dismissing claims that he was leaving for purely mercenary, lustful, or avaricious reasons, Oates went on the record as stating:

"Although I will be very sad to leave such a great ~~team~~ behind, this new role was too good an opportunity to miss."

Mr Oates will return to Bell Pottinger, the PR firm at which he previously worked as a director. He said that his time with the Lib Dems was 'wonderful' and that he shall cherish the memories forever. "It's not them", he said, "it's me".

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Written by Oli Anderson on 11 Jun 2008 1:00 PM. Permalink