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Nick Clegg diaries

  • Catherine Bennett

    Great for parties, useless for governing: grace-and-favour homes are the spoils of power

    Catherine Bennett
    The country piles of Dorneywood, Chevening and Chequers that were so fiercely squabbled over by Tory ministers are suddenly up for grabs
  • It is not betrayal for liberals to speak out on crime

    Nick Clegg
    Response: If we remain silent we leave the voters a choice of populism or more populism, argues Nick Clegg.
  • Opportunism knocks

    Nick Clegg
    Chris Huhne's headline-grabbing announcements have raised his profile in his bid to lead the Lib Dems but he may yet regret performing so many U-turns, says Nick Clegg.
  • It's a marathon, not a sprint

    Nick Clegg
    A rookie MP needs time to build up experience and credibility among his colleagues, which is why I decided not stand as Lib Dem leader, says Nick Clegg.
  • Continental drift

    Comment: Tony Blair's approach to Europe has become erratic and compromised, writes Nick Clegg.
  • The parliament tourists never get to see

    Nick Clegg: Like a great stately home, the halls and corridors open to the public are grand, ornate and polished, guaranteed to leave the wide-eyed visitor a little overawed.
  • A period of deflection

    British politicians are keeping the pressing issues facing the EU off the domestic agenda, observes Nick Clegg.
  • A farce to be reckoned with

    The Tories may appear comical now, but there is some serious thinking going on, writes Nick Clegg.
  • The right questions, not the wrong answers

    In troubled times people turn to reassuring certainties, writes Nick Clegg MP. But now more than ever liberals have a duty to ask difficult questions
  • Ego, superego and ID

    Nick Clegg
    The government's arrogant case for ID cards succeeded only in making them seem even more impractical and illiberal, writes Nick Clegg.
  • Pause for thought

    Nick Clegg
    When you're facing a precipice, you don't step forward. Pro-Europeans across the continent need to step back and take time to consider their options, writes Nick Clegg.
  • Boomeranging

    The savagely populist campaign designed for Michael Howard by his Australian adviser may backfire, says Nick Clegg
  • Playground politics

    Nick Clegg is bemused by shrill Labour and Tory efforts to undermine the Liberal Democrats.
  • Corrosive campaigning

    Nick Clegg
    The swill of vitriol from politicians in this pre-election period risks dissolving voters' confidence altogether, says Nick Clegg.
  • Complete crossdressing

    Nick Clegg
    The Tory defector Robert Jackson has exposed the political transvestism of the two main parties, says Nick Clegg.
  • Suffering servants

    Nick Clegg
    Despite a history of steady professionalism, the civil service has been turned into a political scapegoat, writes Nick Clegg.
  • The Dubya dividend

    Nick Clegg
    The triumph of Bush's bizarre certainties in the US casts British liberal society into sharp relief, Nick Clegg.
  • A legendary liberal

    Conrad Russell was an ideas man to his fingertips, and liberal to his core, writes Nick Clegg.

  • All to play for

    Nick Clegg
    Dangerous socialists? Crypto-Thatcherites? No. The Lib Dems are liberal, progressive and constantly strengthening their broad appeal across the country, writes Nick Clegg.
  • Bye bye, Brussels

    Nick Clegg
    As he prepares to step down as an MEP after tomorrow's elections, Nick Clegg looks back on the triumphs and frustrations of five years at the heart of European democracy.
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