Clegg Heads Off LibDem Conference Revolt.

In a desperate attempt to head off a revolt at the LibDem conference to be held in Birmingham Nick Clegg has banned any vote on NHS reforms. All LibDem cabinet ministers must also clear anything they intend to say with the Tories first. "We can talk about the NHS," a leading LibDem told us, "but we can't reach any conclusions. Apparently our conference is now being orchestrated by the bloody Tories. It's nothing short of a coup d'etat." LibDem ministers have suddenly become difficult to locate but one told us unofficialy; "You have to see this from a coalition point of view. If we try to defend the NHS we will badly embarass our coaltion partners and, perhaps, bring the whole pontomime to an unscheduled and early end. This has to be avoided at all costs otherwise we'll all end up losing our perks. Under those circumstances the NHS is a goner I'm afraid."