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Nick Clegg: The Liberal who came to power

By | Mon 10th February 2014 - 5:30 pm

This evening at 8pm on Radio 4 you can catch the first of two episodes with this title, the second one being on the following Monday.  Steve Richards of the Independent talks to Nick and to other party members …

We explore Nick Clegg’s leadership through turbulent times, assessing his political beliefs. How was a left-leaning party able to partner up with Conservatives with such apparent ease? What was the cost? And, with a hung parliament still very much in prospect in 2015, we show how Nick Clegg’s politics and character could matter hugely to the future of British politics.

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2 Comments

  • Mason Cartwright 13th Feb '14 - 5:38pm

    Quite easily. He was never left leaning he just realised that Tony Blair had pulled a similar stunt in the Labour Party, to great personal gain, and copied it.

    Sadly I fell for it.

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