Nick Clegg

[Teddy Nutkins]

Have just listened to a speech by Lib Dem leader at my workplace in Bishopstoke, came along with Chris Huhne the local minister.

He spoke very well, in a well rehearsed speech,was hoping to ask a number of questions about the decline of manufacturing in Eastleigh, but he was more interested posing for the cameras and the umpteen journalists.Never mind.

Edited 8 April, 2010 by Teddy Nutkins
Jill showed me how to spell Huhne

[Jillyanne]

Prysmian then. Chris Huhne will certainly be getting my vote.

[Teddy Nutkins]

Prysmian then. Chris Huhne will certainly be getting my vote.

 

Quite right Jill, he was an hour late also.Police everywhere.

[bungle]

On Newsnight on Tuesday (I know, I'm a nerd!), Simon Hughes made a fairly forthright point that in many respects the media can get in the way of elections and what the politicians want to do. What is good for the media isn't usually what is good for the campaign.

[SW5 SAINT]

Just made up my mind how to vote, turned on the TV when I got in - Nick Clegg on the News, first word he said - SOUHTHAMPTON - good man!!

[Barry the Badger]

Just made up my mind how to vote, turned on the TV when I got in - Nick Clegg on the News, first word he said - SOUHTHAMPTON - good man!!

 

Best reason to vote for a party ever.

[bridge too far]

Poor Clegg was very flustered when interviewed by Paxman tonight.

[benjii]

What on earth was all that Greek nonsense earlier about? Odd comment.

 

I will still vote for them though.

[SuperMikey]

Bit hard not to be flustered by Paxman though!

I think one of the very few people to manage it was that bloke on University Challenge

[Deppo]

He has my vote. I wish everyone thought like me.

[bridge too far]

Bit hard not to be flustered by Paxman though!

I think one of the very few people to manage it was that bloke on University Challenge

 

I think so too. It will be interesting to see how the other two stand up to him.

 

I like his incisive agressive questioning but I do wish he'd give people a chance to answer.

[solentstars]

He has my vote. I wish everyone thought like me.

 

i thought he did well and best of the 3 party leaders in my opinion.

[solentstars]

He has my vote. I wish everyone thought like me.

 

i think alot of people will and can see threw the labour/Conservative alliance claptrap.

[Teddy Nutkins]

I thought he handled himself very well.( i know that sounds wrong, sorry).

Paxman is an awkward so and so, and would not let Clegg get into any rhythm with his answers, all in all i am warming to him.

Did i hear Clegg correctly, did he actually say, "state the bleedin obvious?"

[trousers]

Leader of the Lib Dems - easiest job in politics

[pedg]

Interesting game of Chicken going on between the BBC and Cameron and Brown. All three leaders invited to be interviewed by Paxman. Only Clegg, as far as I know, accepted. Now Paxman has come out and said he hopes to interview Cameron next week and Brown the week after so both are going to look like chickens if they don't now go on.

[saintfully]

Leader of the Lib Dems - easiest job in politics

 

 

I thought being leader of the Conservatives when faced with Gordon Brown and a knackered economy was the easiest job in politics. And yet Cameron is still managing to make it look difficult. He should have a 20 point lead by now - which shows how much of a fraud he really is - lightweight.

[Wade Garrett]

Interesting game of Chicken going on between the BBC and Cameron and Brown. All three leaders invited to be interviewed by Paxman. Only Clegg, as far as I know, accepted. Now Paxman has come out and said he hopes to interview Cameron next week and Brown the week after so both are going to look like chickens if they don't now go on.

 

I think it's sensible not to be grilled by Paxo. Clever move by Clegg to speak to him while the election campaign is in its infancy, and will be largely forgotten by May 6th. Not such a good move to be ritually humiliated closer to the vote.

 

I'm looking forward to the leaders debates.

[Scummer]

I thought being leader of the Conservatives when faced with Gordon Brown and a knackered economy was the easiest job in politics. And yet Cameron is still managing to make it look difficult. He should have a 20 point lead by now - which shows how much of a fraud he really is - lightweight.

 

Conservatives will actually have to implement their policies, LibDems can basically say what they want.

[pedg]

I think it's sensible not to be grilled by Paxo. Clever move by Clegg to speak to him while the election campaign is in its infancy, and will be largely forgotten by May 6th. Not such a good move to be ritually humiliated closer to the vote.

 

I'm looking forward to the leaders debates.

 

That's why its going to be very interesting to see what Cameron does for next week.

 

Avoid interview:

* Will play into hands of other parties, especially lib-dems

* Will give Brown a ready made excuse for not being interviewed the following week

 

Go ahead with interview:

* Will just about force Brown to do same following week.. but..

* Could do great damage to tory campaign if interview does not go well.

[stevegrant]

Cameron's been grilled by Paxman before - I remember seeing a clip of it on Have I Got News For You when he actually retaliated to Paxman's pestering by having a go at him for not letting him answer any question properly.

[pedg]

Conservatives will actually have to implement their policies, LibDems can basically say what they want.

 

Normally yes but in this case with a strong possibility of a hung parliament there is a good chance that implementing some of the lib-dem policies would be the price involved for supporting one of the other parties.

[pedg]

Cameron's been grilled by Paxman before - I remember seeing a clip of it on Have I Got News For You when he actually retaliated to Paxman's pestering by having a go at him for not letting him answer any question properly.

 

Which is always the easy get out with Paxman as that's his modus operandi in interviews. Though to be fair when someone like Cameron says 'Not letting him answer the question properly' often it means 'not letting me finish making a statement about something subtly different rather than answering the actually question'.

[Joensuu]

I usually vote Lib Dem, but while he is the better than Brown of Cameron, Clegg is still too much of a Tory for me. I'm very tempted to vote Green instead. (Just wish Ashdown or Kennedy were still leader).

[Sheaf Saint]

That's why its going to be very interesting to see what Cameron does for next week.

 

Avoid interview:

* Will play into hands of other parties, especially lib-dems

* Will give Brown a ready made excuse for not being interviewed the following week

 

Go ahead with interview:

* Will just about force Brown to do same following week.. but..

* Could do great damage to tory campaign if interview does not go well.

 

I fear that Cameron would come off much better if they both went up against Paxman. I watched Jon Snow give GB a grilling on the C4 news lastnight, and while he may not have the forcefulness of Paxman, he still managed to make Gordon squirm and look foolish by refusing to answer the questions put to him. Paxman would send him running home to his mummy!

[pedg]

I fear that Cameron would come off much better if they both went up against Paxman. I watched Jon Snow give GB a grilling on the C4 news lastnight, and while he may not have the forcefulness of Paxman, he still managed to make Gordon squirm and look foolish by refusing to answer the questions put to him. Paxman would send him running home to his mummy!

 

I suppose it has to be weighted by the fact that people generally have a low opinion of Brown so a bad performance by him might not affect peoples opinions on which party they are going to vote for that much (Lab trying very hard to distance party/policies from leader to get people to vote more on the former than the latter) whereas a bad performance from Cameron could have a larger effect?

[lettuce]

Heard a very good interview on Radio 2 last year during the MP expenses scandal, some bloke giving very honest observations about the expenses revelations and how politicians should respond to restore the public's faith in politics. I assumed it was a journalist or political observer but at the end of the interview it turned out it was Nick Clegg who had been speaking... he went up a lot in my estimation, I didn't know a great deal about him before then.

[SuperMikey]

Watching it on iPlayer now, i'm actually very impressed by Clegg. I expected him to get quite flustered by Paxman who is notoriously difficult, but he did very well. He put his points across strongly and answered some difficult questions on his policies well by reinforcing his answers with statistics and clear, logical thought.

 

Hopefully people will watch this and see that the Lib Dems are more than 'the third party'. Can't wait to see Brown and Cameron being grilled by Paxo, I really doubt that they will hold up to him as much as Clegg did.

[dune]

I thought Nick Clegg came out of the Paxman interview badly because he showed a nasty side to his character when Paxman tied him in knots. I've often found Liberals like this, i.e they're all sweetness and light until you debate with them/disagree with them and then they lose their cool and show their true selves.

[View From The Top]

I thought Nick Clegg came out of the Paxman interview badly because he showed a nasty side to his character when Paxman tied him in knots. I've often found Liberals like this, i.e they're all sweetness and light until you debate with them/disagree with them and then they lose their cool and show their true selves.

 

Like going on NF marches and singing songs about there being no black in the Union Jack?

[SuperMikey]

I thought Nick Clegg came out of the Paxman interview badly because he showed a nasty side to his character when Paxman tied him in knots. I've often found Liberals like this, i.e they're all sweetness and light until you debate with them/disagree with them and then they lose their cool and show their true selves.

 

What a load of bullsh!t. If you don't want to be made to look like a blithering idiot by Paxman, the only way that you can get around his tricky interviewing style is by being bold and standing up for yourself. If Clegg hadn't answered strongly and argued with Paxman, you'd be gloating about how he folded like a house of cards.

 

I'd love to see Nick Griffin get interviewed by Paxman, that would make my century.

[dune]

What a load of bullsh!t. If you don't want to be made to look like a blithering idiot by Paxman, the only way that you can get around his tricky interviewing style is by being bold and standing up for yourself. If Clegg hadn't answered strongly and argued with Paxman, you'd be gloating about how he folded like a house of cards.

 

I'd love to see Nick Griffin get interviewed by Paxman, that would make my century.

 

Nick Clegg lost his cool, and that's the first time i've seen him do it during the campaign. He got well and truely rattled and that is a clear sign of weakness.

[SuperMikey]

Nick Clegg lost his cool, and that's the first time i've seen him do it during the campaign. He got well and truely rattled and that is a clear sign of weakness.

 

I don't think he lost his cool, but I guess it's a matter of opinion. I doubt there are many people out there who wouldn't get slightly rattled while being interviewed by Paxman. As a BNP voter yourself, do you think that Nick Griffin should go and be interviewed so he can try and explain his policies?

[dune]

I don't think he lost his cool, but I guess it's a matter of opinion. I doubt there are many people out there who wouldn't get slightly rattled while being interviewed by Paxman. As a BNP voter yourself, do you think that Nick Griffin should go and be interviewed so he can try and explain his policies?

 

Griffin is an buffoon, he'd get torn to pieces.

[SuperMikey]

Griffin is an buffoon, he'd get torn to pieces.

 

Any other BNP politicians you could see doing better than Clegg then?

[dune]

Any other BNP politicians you could see doing better than Clegg then?

 

Andrew Brons would do ok.

[Sheaf Saint]

I thought Nick Clegg came out of the Paxman interview badly because he showed a nasty side to his character when Paxman tied him in knots. I've often found Liberals like this, i.e they're all sweetness and light until you debate with them/disagree with them and then they lose their cool and show their true selves.

 

You just can't help applying sweeping generalisations can you dune. Are you genuinely trying to state that this description fits every single member of the lib-dems? Could the same thing not be said about any politician anywhere in the world, regardless of party affiliation?

 

I would still like you to respond on the other thread and answer what it is about liberals you 'despise'. Surely to god it can't be because of this pathetic stereotype.

[benjii]

Which is always the easy get out with Paxman as that's his modus operandi in interviews. Though to be fair when someone like Cameron says 'Not letting him answer the question properly' often it means 'not letting me finish making a statement about something subtly different rather than answering the actually question'.

 

Newsflash for pedg... no politician ever answers the question. Ever. Bunch of ****s, the lot of 'em.