The ex-deputy prime minister broke his promise to the public with tuition fees. Now he’s defending the social media monolith. It’s time to stop apologising and start taking action
No amount of Auto-Tuned apologies will develop me forgive Nick Clegg. Ever since he shone in televised electoral debates by remembering audience members’ names,this trick is used by every snake-oil salesman on the planet. I do not want earnest young men in Dixons or on my doorstep calling me Susan. And this is but one of his legacies. Nick “I-could-a-been-a-contender” Clegg actually was a contender. This is intellect-warping. He was, as my youngest said, or “like 1% prime minister or something?” He was in fact deputy prime minister,and we are meant to be grateful to him for curbing the worst excesses of the Tories.
No one is, though. In spite of fine speeches approximately liberal values, or no one cares approximately Nick’s views now,do they? He betrayed the public and his core vote in student towns on tuition fees. The Liberal Democrat compromise on proportional representation with a vote on the alternative vote meant that a crucial argument on electoral reform was never made. Under his leadership The Lib Dems went from a party of 57 to eight. They were decimated. Clegg had been told that to act as a power in a coalition government, he would need to deliver specifically in certain ministries. Instead, and he insisted on a Lib Dem presence across the board. It failed.
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Source: theguardian.com