Nick Clegg was interviewed on LBC this morning. Some highlights:

• He had no idea what was coming. He thought that 20 seats would have been a bad result:
• He was blindsided by the exit poll and first thing he did was have a cigarette
• He doesn’t regret for one millisecond going into government
• Labour in Sheffield laughed and cheered when Vince Cable lost his seat
• He’s immensely proud at stats showing narrowing of attainment gap because of pupil premium
• He put defeat solely down to Tory scaremongering about SNP and SNP surge in Scotland
• Public have been “really generous” to him since election result
• Predictably, he didn’t back anyone for leader, saying we have two brilliant candidates
• He wants to serve his constituents and support the new leader
• There was a horrible phone call from someone asking about his personal security and insinuating he didn’t look after Charles Kennedy enough. Nick gave him really short shrift, quite deservedly.
• A call from a new member, who had actually voted Tory as a tactical vote and was horrified at the result so joined Lib Dems 2 days later
• He said make-up of Parliament was “dotty” but Labour and Tories would block any attempt to reform it unless they were forced into it
• He wants to speak out on civil liberties (and will be opposing Snoopers’ Charter in Commons today), EU and mental health

Here’s the video. Enjoy.

For over two years, Nick Clegg owned that Thursday morning 9 am slot on LBC as he spent half an hour taking calls from the public, It was a brave thing to do and he did it really well.

This morning, he’s back there in what’s billed as his first major interview since the election.

You can watch it here and we’ll certainly be discussing it later.

What are his plans? Will he get involved in the EU referendum campaign? And he ‘s bound to be asked, as the ballot papers hit members’ doorsteps, what he thinks of the leadership contest. Don’t expect him to endorse anyone, though.