To think Nick Clegg would of made a great PM

[brexitstolemyfuture]

He's speaking such common sense on brexit and how much of a mess it will be and most people who voted to exit have no clue. It's such a shame his career is over :(

[jaws5]

Absolutely agree, he has consistently shown intelligence, reason and humanity, as opposed to the backward "citizens of nowhere" discourse that has become the norm.

[VivienneWestwoodsKnickers]

Nope, he is not a leader. He is weak willed and showed his incompetence in the role of leader when he was Dep PM in particular. He is also a politician who reneged on promises when he got his coveted 2nd place role.

I was ashamed of him as leader of the party I had voted for back then. Never again will I vote for them and he is the main reason.

[80sMum]

I am inclined to agree, OP. He has certainly gone up in my estimation by several orders of magnitude since the referendum.

[WellTidy]

Everyone remembers Nick Clegg for his U-Turn on university fees. Unfortunately, they do not remember him for introducing pupil premium, which came from outside the education budget. But pupil premium was a Lib Dem manifesto pledge, which they did deliver.

[ChardonnayKnickertonSmythe]

No, he's too wet.

[EastMidsMummy]

Nick Clegg was a key part of a government that brought the misery of austerity to millions and created hundreds of billions of pounds of unnecessary debt to our nation. No thanks.

[purplecoathanger]

Wet, wet, wet.....

[SukeyTakeItOffAgain]

I agree OP.

[Semaphorically]

Common sense is unfortunately not a leadership characteristic.

[Doyouwantabrew]

Are you insane?

Cowgirls agreed with the last person he speaks to. He was up Cameron's arse and a poodle. The EU negotiators would rip him apart.

[Doyouwantabrew]

Clegg not cowgirls..

[OwlinaTree]

Yes he's remembered for what he failed to do unfortunately. He's killed off the lib dems really. Lembit Opick didn't help their cause!

[LiviaDrusillaAugusta]

He had plenty of chance to show his skills so no, I think he would have been very weak.

[LineysRun]

I used to really admire him, but then came tuition fees, and his handling of the Rennard and Hancock sagas was just bizarre. The Rennard debacle in particular showed unhealthy power bases within the Lib Dems in the Lords - completely contrary to the Party's own constitution - that Clegg seemed cowed by.

However, he is head and shoulders above May and her team.

And indeed head and shoulders above Farron - the thought of an evangelical Christian leading the Lib Dems just seems really strange to me, given the Party's ethos and demographic. I'm fairly sure they'll get tangled up over women's reproductive rights somewhere along the line, as he won't lead on this - he'll stand back and watch while attempts are made to remove those rights and his Lib Dem troops are left fighting without a leader, and getting evermore pissed off.

[SukeyTakeItOffAgain]

Funny how many look at "strength" often aka "stubbornness" and "intransigence" as our preferred characteristic in a leader.

[SaucyJack]

Nope.

He had his chance to shine when he was part of the coalition. He failed.

He's like one of those cowards who hang around with the school bully and stand there watching when the younger kids get beaten up.

[BusterTheBulldog]

I also think he's the definite best of a bad bunch, but can't forgive him for tuition fees u turn. He is a voice of sense at the moment though.

[KittyWindbag]

He is really good at talking the talk, and I don't think he's a bad man. But he showed that he wasn't able to walk the walk.

[LadyTennantofTardis]

Yes, it's clear to me the role he played in limiting some of the damaging conservative policies we are now suffering through. I don't see it as renaging on promises as they were made on the basis of being the only party in power. As part of the coalition I believe they achieved some great things that never would have happened under the tories.

[SukeyTakeItOffAgain]

So many people "can't forgive" his U turn on tuition fees. So they vote Conservative instead.

[highinthesky]

Good bloke, yes. Eye candy, yes.

PM material - no. He's just too nice.

[LineysRun]

Sukey Very good point.

[PigletWasPoohsFriend]

He was partly at fault for decimating the Lib Dems. Broke their biggest manifesto pledge. Was partly responsible for cuts.

No thank you.

Easy to say stuff when you have no chance of power. Not sure his stance would be like this if they were still in coalition.

[megletthesecond]

Probably. The extracts from his book gave me the impression the tories had shafted him.

[ChardonnayKnickertonSmythe]

Farron is even worse.