[Tubby Isaacs]

Shall Labour let them?

I think so.

There isn't even a deputy prime minister a lot of the time.

[youngian]

He didn't even get a department last time.

Exactly he didn't Clegg sold the Lib Dems down the river in exchange for a non-job. BTW has anyone read that Adonis book on the coalition? Clegg apparently doesn't come out of it very well

Give us a synopsis.

[The Weeping Angel]

Basically he was ideoloigcally committed to the Tories See below

http://www.newstatesman.com/politics/20 ... ttle-power" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

[youngian]

Basically he was ideoloigcally committed to the Tories See below

http://www.newstatesman.com/politics/20 ... ttle-power" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

With the support of the nationalist parties (who would never allow themselves to be held responsible for the formation of a Tory government), he estimates that a Labour-Lib Dem coalition would have had a majority of around 30

Was that true, I seem to remember Lab-Lib-Nats coalition still wouldn't of had an overall majority.

Adonis's tone over Clegg's slippery negotiation tactics sounds sanctimonious. Its politics not Eastenders.

[new puritan]

Don't think a rainbow coalition would have held together for any length of time, even if they had been able to cobble one together. But it's probably true that Clegg (and particularly Laws) were more inclined to go into coalition with the Tories.

[Malcolm Armsteen]

Clegg is on record as saying that he would have joined the Tories if they had a sensible position on Europe. In economic and social terms he would have been on the right of the conservatives.

[MisterMuncher]

Clegg has weighed in on the furore around Ched Evans returning to football. Apparently it would be for the best if he played outside the UK for a while.

Fabtastic work, Nick. That's exactly the kind of tough stance we expect on apparently unrepentant rapists.

[The Weeping Angel]

Not to mention whether that's legally possible.

[Esqui]

If, say, a Polish politician had suggested that a convicted rapist become a migrant worker in the UK, Nigel Farage would explode

[Big Arnold]

Nick Clegg's fury as he overhears Sky News presenter calling him a 'lying, two-faced swine

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article ... z3UTQuwDtK" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

[PaulOnBooks]

Website claims to offer Nick Clegg's services for up to $55,000 a speech

http://www.theguardian.com/politics/201 ... 000-speech" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

A promotional biography on the website says that “despite the hugely controversial decisions needed to restore stability to the public finances, Nick Clegg successfully maintained his party’s support for a full five-year term of office”.

[Tubby Isaacs]

Liberal mugged by reality is going to be a good earner.

[youngian]

http://www.leadingauthorities.com/speakers/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

It appears to be a site for third banana US political hacks. They could probably slot Clegg on an American lecture tour as a prominent respected European politician along with someone from PASOK and Ben Swain.

[Tubby Isaacs]

Made me laugh out loud there.

[Tubby Isaacs]

Haley Barbour
Former Governor of Mississippi

Haley Barbour is the former governor of Mississippi and the former chairman of the Republican Governor’s Association. He also served as chairman of the Republican National Committee, leading the GOP to gain control of Congress for the first time in 40 years. POLITICO calls him “the most powerful Republican in politics.” He was also widely praised for his handling of both the Gulf Oil Spill and Hurricane Katrina. One of the Republican Party’s top political strategists, Barbour addresses elections, politics, Republican strategy, the economy, and other hot political topics.

He'll be answering all your questions. Er...

http://www.mediaite.com/tv/former-rnc-c ... rate-flag/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;