Ed Miliband: Unhappy Lib Dems can bring down coalition

Ed Miliband, shadow climate change secretary, comments on Lib dem defections to the Guardian:

“Nick Clegg is a betrayal of the Liberal tradition. David Cameron and Nick Clegg are texting each other like teenagers in love because they agree with each other. It’s not some forced marriage, they ideologically agree with each other.

“I think we can stop the coalition lasting. It depends upon people like Simon Hughes, Charles Kennedy, Ming Campbell – who I believe are unhappy.

“I have private relationships with some Liberal Democrats that I’m not going to particularly talk about. But I think there are lots of unhappy Liberal Democrats.”