Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg has told the Commons Political and Constitutional Reform Committee that he will not shed light on secret Cabinet meetings in a bid for popularity.
In response to assertions that he would unveil which policies were led by the Conservatives and which he had successfully blocked, the Deputy PM said there was no truth to the claims.
Mr Clegg said there was no need to reveal secret dealings in the Coalition Government in order to push up his party’s popularity in 2015 as it should be self-evident to observers whether the Liberal Democrats or the Conservatives were responsible for developing specific policies.
He said: “We set it out very clearly and overtly in the Coalition Agreement, and you don’t need a PhD in politics to discern which parts of the Coalition Agreement reflect the particular preferences of one party or the other.
“I don’t think you need to reveal secret discussions for that to be flamingly obvious to the British public.”