He's not even apologising for the right thing, in the very modern style of apology we're so used to. He's apologised for making the pledge, not breaking it.

I suppose he could argue that, as he's only sorry for promising not to increase tuition fees, he can't really take corrective action. Unless you class ceasing to be a puppet of one of the most unpleasant governments in living memory as corrective action, of course.

Can we look forward to him apologising for his entire view of economic policy that he consistently repeated during the run-up to the election and then u-turned against when he became deputy PM?

In fact, if he's sorry for what he said he'd do but found he couldn't, shouldn't he just apologise for most of his manifesto?

He made promises at a time when he thought he would never be anywhere near power, in fact he could have promised everyone a free caribbean holiday and a jet ski as he never dreamt he would be in a position to deliver (or not as now is the case). The 'third way' has just reinforced the belief in a lot of people that politicians are all the same, lying, cheating adulterous bustards.

Ah right, I didn't realise Nick Clegg was still in politics. Thought he'd retired.

NAh, just been in hiding for the last 18 months.

He's probably still sh11tting himself at having to be a politician. He spent the entire campaign seemingly safe in the knowledge he would never have to deliver on anything he said.



If ever there was a case of a politician having to be careful about what he wished for, then this is clearly it.

My thoughts exactly - Vince Cable is the same, he's had the rabbit in a headlight look on his face ever since he got the phone call from Clegg to say "You'll never guess what I've just signed us up for..." and he realised that all of those wise words that he'd been handing to the press over the years now suddenly had to be put into practice and actually, he'd never said it would really work in practice, it was all just his theory...

Isn't this about the time he joined the Cambridge University Conservative Association?

The Pledge cartoon in today's Times was good. (No link as subscriber only!)

www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-19660345 Just seen this on the news. Good job its for charity cos I don't think it'll be number one this week

www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-19660345 Just seen this on the news. Good job its for charity cos I don't think it'll be number one this week

It's still a whole bloody week before the next Question Time but at least it should be worth a watch, given the panel:



Panellists include Harriet Harman, Danny Alexander, Jacob Rees-Mogg and Steve Coogan.



I wonder if Rees-Mogg will manage the whole show without his nanny. I loved his whine about others mentioning his nanny: "why do you always bring up the fact that I had a nanny? If I'd had a valet no one would bat an eyelid". These fookers aren't out of touch at all are they?