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 :(

[passportissues123]

I agree.

He was handed an impossible role in the coalition. Basically the Tories let the lib dems take the flak for all the difficult nasty decisions they made. As the minority members the lib dems were never going to be granted their wishes on tuition fees etc.

Effectively the Tories kept making shit sandwiches and handing them to Nick to feed to the public.

I remember in the run up to that election there was the "I agree with Nick" soundbite and throughout the Brexit shit show I've been saying the same thing.

Fair balanced sensible normal family man with a working wife. There is not one Brexit MP that comes close.

[Gunpowder]

I like him too. Now we have this government I really miss the coalition.

[theyearofthekitty]

I completely agree with you, OP! Ridiculous comments about the tuition fee "U-turn", Brits sadly just don't seem to understand how coalitions work.

[purits]

To think Nick Clegg would of made a great PM

I think your understanding of politics is about as informed as your understanding of grammar.

[SukeyTakeItOffAgain]

I don't believe for a moment the Tories didn't shaft him. They planned for at least two terms, to use the LibDems to get power for the first term and dismantle them in doing so.

People always moan about the LibDems entering a coalition with the Tories. They never hid their belief in consensus politics and coalitions. They've always supported some form of PR for example - another thing the Tories scuppered. Why did people feel so "let down" when they entered into a coalition?

[SukeyTakeItOffAgain]

Purits what a spectacularly twatty and rude post.

[ChardonnayKnickertonSmythe]

Of course the Torres shafted him, and all of us.

He's still far too wet thought.

[brexitstolemyfuture]

Yes Sukey! Said so perfectly.

Agree Brits don't understand coalitions, and are easily manipulated.

[purits]

He was handed an impossible role in the coalition.

No one forced them into it. They could have made a coalition with Labour. Or not entered coalition at all.

[brexitstolemyfuture]

Purits i may have a learning difficulty, but at least I'm not you.

[Smurfpoo]

He got well and truly shafted. I have a feeling they stopped a lot more of the austerity measures conservatives wanted to bring in.

A shame he seemed good at his job, but being a coalition his hands were tied.

[LadyPW]

He was a wet lettuce! Nice but dim.

[financialiasco]

I broadly agree - though he could have saved us from the Tories had he formed a coalition with Labour.

The endless harping about tuition fees from some people reminds me a bit of the way some people go on about Iraq in relation to Tony Blair. Obviously, for some these are huge issues they care deeply about, but others jump on the bandwagon without knowing much about it and claim to be 'fucking furious' etc and meanwhile we are stuck with the Tories carving up the country forever.

Whenever Clegg is interviewed I find him very impressive indeed - something that can't be said for the shower of shit currently 'running' the country into the ground.

[SukeyTakeItOffAgain]

Have you not researched what was going in during that week Purits?

Why "should" they have entered a coalition with Labour any more readily than the Conservatives? And why "should" they not have entered any kind of coalition at all. Coalition isn't a dirty word, you know.

[MyschoolMyrules]

He is the only opposition that makes any sense at the moment. I would like him as leader of the opposition party.

[SukeyTakeItOffAgain]

"Nice but dim".

For the love of fuck

[purits]

He got well and truly shafted.

And yet we think he would have made great PM material?

[Redpony1]

Nope, he is totally wet.

[Dontgoogle1]

I agree OP. During that campaign Nick Clegg made a lot of sense. He was put in an impossible position and used by the tories as the fall guy.

The cuts got worse after the coalition. All the shit the tories have done to this country but no one can forgive a u turn on a pledge on university fees that was only a pledge for a majority government? People have certainly got peculiar priorities.

[namechangingagainagain]

I don't think he's dim at all.

I hate how we have developed a political culture which is based on soundbites aimed at the lowest common denominator, rather than reasoned debate and intelligent argument.

We mock trump and america but we're just as bad.

[SukeyTakeItOffAgain]

Dontgoogle it's like they use it as an excuse.

So many people go trotting back to voting Tory bleating they're "disappointed" with the LibDems as though they expected them to be able to work miracles.

[financialiasco]

Mind you Pupil Premium is a bit of myth - that was money that was already in schools that was then 'renamed' and talked about as if it was extra when it wasn't. There are also serious issues with the way it is used in schools, with too much resting on the decisions of HTs, imo. Also, pupils who are entitled to it are not always the most needy.

[Rockluvvindad]

I would rather have Corbyn in power than Clegg ( and I really don't want that ). At least he knows what he believes and stands for it. For too long this country has been at the mercy of cookie cutter politicians who are afraid to say anything that will cause controversy so tow the endlessly dull and "no progress" middle ground. In fact, Corbyn is the politician I admire the most out of any of them at the moment purely because he stands by his principles and beliefs no matter what, even though I don't agree with many of them.

At least Corbyn and May stand for something different from the last few years worth of incumbents in their respective roles.

[Doyouwantabrew]

He could have made a coalition with labour but he choose the Torres. He's an embaressment.

normal family man with a working wife wtaf does his wife 'working' even mean?? Are sahm nor working wives too??

[Onlyaplasticbagdear]

I love him, I think he is great but unfortunately he will never get past the tuition fee thing plus joining forces with the tories.