You’ve spoken out against a Lib-Con coalition. Could that still be on the cards?
I don’t think there’s going to be a coalition. There might be an arrangement in which we would not vote down initial Tory Budget proposals, but Nick Clegg has been pretty resolute on Europe. When the Tories put a ring fence around that, I think they knocked out the prospect of a coalition.
The NS Interview: Shirley Williams
“Nick’s surge was too soon. The soufflé had time to stop rising.”