Well, David Cameron has changed politics in this regard: no party leader can give a speech without walking around the stage – at least for a bit.
Over at the Lib Dem Spring Conference, Clegg is hamming it up a bit too much – flapping his hands like he’s trying to take off. I’ll watching from the best possible vantage point: a cafe, which has the tv on but volume turned down. I’ll eat my hat if the text of his speech is half as good as Cable’s yesterday. After the self-inflicted humiliation of the EU vote last week, the best Clegg can hope for is damage limitation.

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