Nick Clegg
Nick Clegg
Nicholas William Peter Cleggis a British Liberal Democrat politician who was the Deputy Prime Minister of the United Kingdom and Lord President of the Council from 2010 to 2015 in the Cameron coalition ministry. Clegg was the Leader of the Liberal Democrats from 2007 to 2015 and has been the Member of Parliamentfor Sheffield Hallam since 2005...
NationalityBritish
ProfessionPolitician
Date of Birth7 January 1967
british cards changes identity life public recent usher
The introduction of identity cards will usher in one of the most far-reaching changes in British public life in recent times.
appalling charles job led negligence possibly remain
How can Charles Clarke possibly remain in his job if his department's negligence has led to such appalling crimes?
economic-integration should whole
What we should be doing in the EU as a whole is more economic integration in the single market, rather than less.
nhs done care
I care more about getting this right [NHS reform] than I do about getting it done.
british country democrats difficult government liberal middle people possible restoring understand
Most people in this country are very fair-minded; they understand we're in the middle of a very difficult journey of repairing, rescuing, restoring our British economy, and they want us, and they want particularly Liberal Democrats in government, to fight for the fairest possible way of doing that.
adopting countries engaging ten
With the EU taking in ten more countries and adopting a new Constitution, organisations need more than ever intelligent professional help in engaging with the EU institutions.
condemned draw germany uk work
We can't return to the 19th century, draw up our drawbridges and say, we don't have anything to do with each other, Germany will not work with the Netherlands, the UK will not work with France. That's ludicrous. We are condemned to work with each other.
deeply people proper scrutiny stick sure
We have got to make sure there is proper independent scrutiny and accountability for people in the press, just as there should be in any other industry where things go wrong. But let's not try and think it is for politicians or governments to tell people what they stick in newspapers. That is deeply illiberal.
citizens civil continues democrats essential follow given government labour liberal liberties powers retreat state united
Liberal Democrats in government will not follow the last Labour government by sounding the retreat on the protection of civil liberties in the United Kingdom. It continues to be essential that our civil liberties are safeguarded, and that the state is not given the powers to snoop on its citizens at will.
bar country cradle democracy modern
The cradle of modern democracy but was now, on some measures, the most centralised country in Europe, bar Malta".
cameron charms compared contrast david experience serve youth
The contrast with experience and youth compared to the callow charms of David Cameron will serve us well.