Voters tell politicians what they want through the ballot box. Constantly second-guessing them by speculating whether the parties should gang up on each other misses the point. Nick Clegg ballotboxconstantly Change image and share on social
I say this as a young dad seeing children going into primary school: I don't think we should underestimate the formative effect on a child of those first years in primary school. Nick Clegg childdadeffect Change image and share on social
My dad's side of the family had lots of artists and musicians. There's an emotional, quite sentimental quality to Slavic culture. It's very open, it loves art, it loves music, it loves literature. It's very warm, it's very up, it's very down. I would celebrate that. Nick Clegg artartistcelebrate share on social
What we should be doing in the EU as a whole is more economic integration in the single market, rather than less. Nick Clegg economicintegrationmarket Change image and share on social
Do I get up every morning and ask: am I doing the things that I believe in and am I doing them for the best possible motives? Yes. Unambiguously yes. Nick Clegg morningmotivething Change image and share on social
Joining the Liberal Party was a no-brainer for me... And when you are a young man, you don't get a calculator out saying, 'Am I going to get to power?' You get propelled forward by idealism. Nick Clegg brainercalculatorforward Change image and share on social
I am quite strict as a dad but I don't want to be censorious. Nick Clegg censoriousdadstrict Change image and share on social
You have a political and media elite who have an idiom by which they describe politics. It's highly, highly polarised. It's right, left, red, blue, up, down, victorious, crushed. Nick Clegg bluecrushdescribe Change image and share on social
I wish more people knew that the only one of the three main parties where not a single MP flipped from one property to the next, and not a single MP avoided capital-gains tax, where every single London MP did not claim a penny of second-home allowance, was the Liberal Democrats. Nick Clegg allowanceavoidcapital share on social
I've just been away for a week, and I dropped my BlackBerry in the sea while I was messing around with the kids, so no one can reach me. Blissful. I heartily recommend it. Nick Clegg blackberryblissfuldrop Change image and share on social