Part Clegg, part robot: hello to the Clegginator

This is a reminder, by the way, of how when done right arguing strongly in favour of civil liberties is key to an election-winning strategy for the Liberal Democrats.

It’s not an issue top of many people’s list of policy priorities, but aside from its own substantive importance it’s also a key way to show the party has values – and values different from those of the other parties. That’s important because The opinion poll crosstabs lie: or why policy isn’t what Lib Dems need to concentrate on.

It’s also a policy area that both attracts flak and also positive reactions in all sorts of surprising areas of press, including often tabloid newspapers.