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To think Nick Clegg would of made a great PM

171 replies

brexitstolemyfuture · 29/03/2017 08:32

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 :(

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jaws5 · 29/03/2017 08:41

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 · 29/03/2017 08:48

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 · 29/03/2017 08:52

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

WellTidy · 29/03/2017 08:52

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 · 29/03/2017 08:53

No, he's too wet.

EastMidsMummy · 29/03/2017 08:59

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 · 29/03/2017 09:00

Wet, wet, wet.....

SukeyTakeItOffAgain · 29/03/2017 09:00

I agree OP.

Semaphorically · 29/03/2017 09:01

Common sense is unfortunately not a leadership characteristic.

Doyouwantabrew · 29/03/2017 09:02

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 · 29/03/2017 09:02

Clegg not cowgirls..

OwlinaTree · 29/03/2017 09:02

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 · 29/03/2017 09:03

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

LineysRun · 29/03/2017 09:03

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 · 29/03/2017 09:04

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

SaucyJack · 29/03/2017 09:05

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 · 29/03/2017 09:05

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 · 29/03/2017 09:05

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 · 29/03/2017 09:06

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 · 29/03/2017 09:06

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

highinthesky · 29/03/2017 09:08

Good bloke, yes. Eye candy, yes.

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

LineysRun · 29/03/2017 09:09

Sukey Very good point.

PigletWasPoohsFriend · 29/03/2017 09:09

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 · 29/03/2017 09:09

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

ChardonnayKnickertonSmythe · 29/03/2017 09:11

Farron is even worse.