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DAVE CALFE, general secretary of Aslef, the train drivers’ trade union, writes exclusively for the Morning Star as the union’s five-day annual conference opens in Birmingham
They're a fickle bunch these Lib Dems. A few weeks ago they were looking to lynch Nick Clegg from a lamp post, or at least give him a stern ticking off. But this week at the party knees-up he got a reception such as is normally reserved for a returning messiah or a prophet set to lead the tribe out of the wilderness.
Giving his leader's speech on Wednesday he got standing ovations, gleeful applause, fawning sycophancy and they even guffawed delightedly at his God-awful jokes. It was almost like it was choreographed ... but no, that's just being cynical.
The Lib Dems could never co-ordinate anything that well.
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