Vote to leave EU means Scotland will leave UK – Nick Clegg
Former deputy PM to tell Lib Dem conference that upcoming vote on Britain’s EU membership poses existential question to British people...
View ArticleNick Clegg: 'It Has Been A Massive Setback'
Nick Clegg has insisted he will not stand aside despite an opinion poll suggesting he could lose his Sheffield Hallam seat at the General Election. The Deputy Prime Minister said he had failed to make...
View ArticleNick Clegg faces to calls to quit as Lib Dem leader after disastrous election...
Nick Clegg is facing calls to quit as Liberal Democrat leader after his party's dismal showing in the local elections. The Deputy Prime Minister's position has come under scrutiny after the Lib Dems...
View ArticleDavid Cameron and Nick Clegg hold talks to discuss counter-terrorism measures...
David Cameron and Nick Clegg are holding crucial talks on new measures to counter the terror threat posed by Islamic extremists after security agencies raised the terror threat level in the UK to...
View ArticleLiberal Democrats pile pressure on Nick Clegg in wake of dire election results
Nick Clegg is facing calls to quit as Liberal Democrat leader after his party's dismal showing in the local elections. The Deputy Prime Minister's position has come under scrutiny after the Lib Dems...
View ArticleLib Dems back under fire Nick Clegg after disastrous local election results
Nick Clegg is facing calls to quit as Liberal Democrat leader after his party's dismal showing in the local elections. The Deputy Prime Minister's position has come under scrutiny after the Lib Dems...
View ArticleNick Clegg says more Scotland powers must mean changes at Westminster
Rules on Scottish MPs voting on England-only issues should be altered if the no vote wins, says deputy prime minister...
View ArticleNick Clegg: UK will have no influence over Brussels if Tories allow EU exit
Liberal Democrat leader calls on his coalition partners to be honest about the consequences of their eurosceptic demands...
View ArticleGeneral Election: Nick Clegg won't be part of coalition negotiation team with...
Nick Clegg has said he will not be part of the Liberal Democrat negotiating team if the party enters into coalition talks after the election on Thursday because leaders should not be distracted by the...
View ArticleGeneral election 2015: Nick Clegg on why Lib Dems need to stay in power
Nick Clegg today staked his claim to a second term in coalition by saying the Conservatives are too cruel and Labour too stupid to govern alone. Unveiling his party’s manifesto in London, he said: “The...
View ArticleGeneral Election: Nick Clegg won't be part of coalition negotiation team with...
Nick Clegg has said he will not be part of the Liberal Democrat negotiating team if the party enters into coalition talks after the election on Thursday because leaders should not be distracted by the...
View ArticleAndy McSmith's Diary: Nick Clegg – and the meeting with the Chinese...
More than two weeks have passed since Nick Clegg made a highly publicised announcement that he was summoning the Chinese ambassador to convey the British Government’s “dismay and alarm” over the...
View ArticleCommons recalled to debate Iraq: Coalition against ISIL (The United Kingdom...
(Source: The United Kingdom Parliament) MPs voted 524 to 43 to approve the Government motion on Iraq: Coalition against ISIL on Friday 26 September 2014. The House of Commons had been recalled from the...
View ArticleGeneral Election 2015: The campaign to unseat Nick Clegg
O tempora! O mores! Oh fickle fate. There was a time, not so long ago, when everyone agreed with Nick. Now, on a glorious April morning, the sun shone on the terraced houses of Nick Clegg’s Sheffield...
View ArticleNick Clegg faces calls to quit after dismal showing in local elections
Nick Clegg is facing calls to quit as Liberal Democrat leader after his party's dismal showing in the local elections. The Deputy Prime...
View ArticleNick Clegg dispatch boxes himself in the style of the autumn statement
For the first time in months there were plenty of empty government green seats during prime minister’s questions...
View ArticleVideo: General Election - Nick Clegg says Tories know "in their hearts" they...
Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg has warned that the "swivel-eyed...
View ArticleLib Dem conference: Labour gets personal with new slogan 'You Can't Trust...
Labour will launch a new slogan today accusing the Liberal Democrat leader of hypocrisy and broken promises. Despite the prospect of coalition negotiations between the two parties after...
View ArticleIs Nick Clegg's Daily Mail parody the best thing he's done as deputy PM?
'Fingers crossed the Mail approves'...
View ArticleGeneral election live: Nick Clegg pledges to end pay freeze for public sector...
The Liberal Democrats would end the freeze on public sector pay enforced by the Coalition government, Nick Clegg has said. The deputy prime minister announced today that his party would...
View ArticleGeneral Election 2015: 14-year-old boy asks Nick Clegg – 'can you kill Katie...
A 14-year-old boy just asked Nick Clegg the best question of the campaign: can you kill Katy Hopkins? “No, no, no,” I don’t think that’s a good idea, replied the Deputy Prime Minister, telling the kid...
View ArticleGeneral Election 2015 Nick Clegg resigns as leader of the Liberal Democrats
SHEFFIELD, ENGLAND - MAY 08: Liberal Democrat leader and Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg looks dejected as they leave his constituency declaration at the English Institute of Sport. (Photo by Dave ......
View ArticleDavid Cameron admitted to Nick Clegg the Tories couldnt win majority at...
David Cameron privately admitted to Nick Clegg that the Tories could not win a majority at the election, one of the Deputy Prime Minister's aides claimed this ......
View ArticleNick Clegg returns to the limelight in first speech since handing in resignation
By James Tapsfield, Press Association Political Correspondent The former Deputy Prime Minister will lambast the Tory government in the Commons for "turning its back" on the ......
View ArticleGeneral Election 2015: Nick Clegg demands £10bn extra for education as the...
Nick Clegg would demand a £10bn-a-year boost to education spending in talks with Labour or the Conservatives if next year’s general election ends in another hung parliament. The first spending pledge...
View ArticleNick Clegg's despair at 'chest-beating' Commons culture
Nick Clegg has told of his despair at the “macho, chest-beating, testosterone-driven” atmosphere of the House of Commons. The Liberal Democrat leader singled out Prime...
View ArticleGeneral Election 2015: Nick Clegg rules out Lib Dem coalition with any party...
Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg has said that his party would not be part of any coalition that relied on "life support" from the Scottish National Party. Speaking to the Financial Times, the Liberal...
View ArticleNick Clegg likely to remain party leader for the next election
The deputy prime minister appears to have seen off a full-blown leadership challenge...
View ArticleNick Clegg offered to quit as leader of the Liberal Democrats a year before...
Nick Clegg offered to quit as leader of the Liberal Democrats a year before his party was wiped-out at the general election, senior figures in the party have revealed. He discussed standing aside after...
View ArticleLabour's 'manifesto for women' will target the 9m who didn't vote at the last...
Labour will target the nine million women who did not vote at the last general election after new figures showed that more women than men have turned their backs on politics. Research by the House of...
View ArticleNick Clegg: parliament must vote on terms of deal to leave EU
Former deputy PM says government has a mandate to take Britain out of EU, but not on how to do it...
View ArticleQueen's Speech 2015: Nick Clegg says EU debate will 'devour' Tory government
27 May 2015 From the section UK Politics Outgoing Lib Dem leader Nick Clegg predicts the EU debate will "devour" the government in the coming months. The former deputy prime minister criticised his...
View ArticleNick Clegg’s manifesto banks on school reform to win back votes
LIBERAL Democrat leader Nick Clegg will unveil his party’s plan for the 2015 general election this morning, with a manifesto that will focus on...
View ArticleEurope exit would kill the UK, Nick Clegg set to warn
A vote to leave the European Union would risk tearing the UK apart, Nick Clegg will warn today in a return to frontline politics. The former deputy prime...
View ArticleBrexit deal outside the single market will cause years of chaos, Nick Clegg...
A Brexit deal forcing the UK out of the single market would cause “chaos”, former deputy prime minister Nick Clegg is...
View ArticleNick Clegg talks to Andrew Rawnsley – Guardian Live interview
Nick Clegg, former deputy prime minister, joins the Observer’s Andrew Rawnsley to discuss his time in government and the current turmoil in mainstream politics...
View ArticleClegg tells Cameron: Call early general election
Former deputy prime minister Nick Clegg has called on Prime Minister to call an...
View ArticleNick Clegg calls for general election before article 50 is activated
Former deputy prime minister calls on Tory leadership candidates to set out plans for Brexit, then seek democratic mandate...
View ArticleNick Clegg Slams Tory MPs For Lacking 'Courage' In Passionate Brexit Speech
Nick Clegg tore into Conservative Brexiteers on Wednesday, accusing them of lacking “courage” and abandoning their previous commitment to parliamentary democracy. The former Lib Dem leader, along with...
View ArticleIn full: Nick Clegg Newsnight interview
14 October 2015 Last updated at 11:53 BST The former Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg says the EU referendum is likely to be "jolly close". Speaking in an interview with BBC Newsnight's Evan Davis, the...
View ArticleNick Clegg turns down prominent Lib Dem post
Former deputy prime minister wants to give new leader Tim Farron space to build team without having to look over his shoulder, says source...
View ArticlePM would have to delay Brexit if MPs voted against plans, claims Nick Clegg
Theresa May would have to delay Brexit if she gives MPs a vote on her negotiating strategy before triggering the formal process to leave the European Union and they reject it, Nick Clegg has admitted....
View ArticleBrexit could be delayed if Theresa May gives MPs pre-Article 50 vote, Nick...
Theresa May would have to delay Brexit if she gives MPs a vote on her negotiating strategy before triggering the formal process to leave the European Union...
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