Neo Labour lectures Libdems about 'taking responsibility'

scotsman: Darling fires new broadside at Lib Dems

Alistair Darling yesterday stepped up Labour's attack on the Liberal Democrats, accusing them of "running away from hard decisions".

The Scottish Secretary used the closing speech of the party's spring conference to reinforce a concerted attack on their coalition partners in the Executive.

On Friday Tony Blair, the Prime Minister, led the way in turning on the Lib Dems, who defeated Labour in the Dunfermline West by-election earlier this month.

And Mr Darling, who was in charge of Labour's failed by-election campaign, added his weight to the attack yesterday.

He said: "We are in government at Westminster and Holyrood, and when things go wrong we will take the blame.

"That is what happens to governments. And when we get it wrong, we take responsibility too.

"And everyone in government - no matter what political party - needs to take responsibility for their actions," added Mr Darling. Read more

db: That's funny coming from a government that has yet to accept responsibility, along with the Americans, for destabilising the world and screwing up the lives of millions of Iraqis - killing tens of thousands of them - via an illegal and incompetent war of aggression. Resign you buggers.