I think Nick Clegg has had a good day. He did well to face down lots of jeers in the Commons at PMQs. He has just made an excellent appearance on Channel 4 News. Good for him. [Dodges to miss well directed rotten tomatoes from numerous bloggers]
I applaud the honourable actions of the three front benchers who disobeyed the three line whip. They were right to resign. They are entitled to their views but they should be expressed outside of the shadow cabinet. They would undermine the party if they continued on the front bench. I am glad that it didn't come to "pushing" rather than "jumping".
I think Nick has taken the right course. It is a course that Chris Huhne, I strongly suspect, would have taken - had the 511 votes swung the other way. And it was the course of Ming as leader.
The rebels who broke the three-liner are quite entitled to their view but Nick Clegg has to lead and he has done so. It is quite clear that the Lisbon treaty is not a constitution. If any of the rebels are contradicting that, then it is a dangerous undermining of a completely valid point being made by Ed Davey, Nick Clegg, Chris Huhne and the rest.
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