Nick is man
who does not seem to get things quite right.
He is prone to being argumentative and intractable and to do things that
make little sense even in terms of his own interest.
As Leader of
the Liberal Democrats he has obstructed Democracy and been very illiberal at
times.
He reminds me
of the character of Count Duckula, the juvenile delinquent vampire duck doomed
to be the Count Dracula of our times by some freak of circumstance, much as to
his surprise Nick became Deputy Prime Minister in 2010.
He is attended
by Igor, the bad tempered and surly put upon butler who is more logical but
often equally misguided but unlucky enough to be on the wrong end of the
Count's scrapes. Think Vince Cable.
The person who
cares for the young Count is his Nannie a large, formidable, very clumsy lady who leaves a trail of
destruction in her wake in her ambition to be useful, concerned and the maker
of decisions. Think Danny Alexander.
If you know
this cartoon character and the shambles he invariably leaves around him then
you have Nick Clegg.
An apt portrait. How he climbed so far up the greasy pole is a mystery to me - he just doesn't have what it takes. Apart from the dishonesty of course.
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