It's time to laugh at the "Calamity Clegg" tag

Doris Day as Calamity Jane

As usual, Jonathan Calder effortlessly and humbly observes the truth while reflecting on the leadership election:

I do know that Chris Huhne's attempt to draw Nick Clegg out on his beliefs on public services was entirely legitimate. The fuss over the headline "Calamity Clegg" should not blind us to this.

Given how well Nick's speech at the weekend has gone down with the press and the party (to judge by Lib Dem bloggers, at least), he would have done better to be more forthcoming on what he had in mind as leader.

With the benefit of hindsight, it really is time to laugh at the "Calamity Clegg" tag. The "junior researcher" was obviously a Doris Day fan. As Jonathan quite rightly observes, Huhne's "attempt to draw out" Nick Clegg on public services was "entirely legitimate". Subsequent events have confirmed this.