And not in a Cleggover* or Rentoul-bait sense either. No, you remember The Candidate? Of course you do for you enjoy political movies as much as we do. Which means you’ll also remember the movie’s strapline: Too Handsome. Too Young. Too Liberal. Doesn’t have a chance. He’s PERFECT!
And you’ll also recall the movie’s final line, delivered after Redford’s character wins an unlikely victory:
It was never clear that Redford had an answer to this and nor, frankly, is it obvious that Nick Clegg does either.What do we do now?
Again and at the risk of repeating myself, how can Clegg be the “Agent of Change” if, once the election hurly-burly is done with he pivots to support a minority Labour ministry? That doesn’t add up even if Labour holds the most seats, far less if, as seems bewilderingly possible, Labour actually come third in terms of votes.
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