Last week, Simon Hughes said that Nick Clegg’s outgoing director of strategy, Richard Reeves, was wrong to warn that the Lib Dems could block the boundary changes if the Tories failed to support House of Lords reform. But on the Today programme this morning, the Lib Dem deputy leader made the connection himself. He told John Humphrys:
Why the Lib Dems should not threaten to block the boundary changes
It only encourages Tory and Labour MPs to rebel against Lords reform.