Cleggmania Revisited

In the wake of the Labour Party’s disastrous performance in the 2021 U.K. local elections, we’re taking a look back at a key moment in recent British history. The made-for-TV movie Coalition (2015) documents the wheelings and dealings that led to Nick Clegg’s Liberal-Democrats joining forces with David Cameron’s Conservatives after. the 2010 election left no party with a parliamentary majority. We share some larfs over a perfectly mediocre movie, and. discuss the true meaning of Cleggmania and its aftermath. PLUS: Why can’t Keir Starmer sell centrism like Tony Blair could? And reflections on Toronto’s alt-media landscape, from NOW Magazine to Eye Weekly to The Grid.

The Grid R.I.P. 

Keir Starmer’s Televised Meltdown Was Decades in the Making by Luke Savage