Labour and the Cameron Conservatives are bad enough when it comes to selling out to the EU. But Nick Clegg would be by far the biggest EUphile toadying politico we have ever seen in Britain. How long will it be before the ordinary British people who want power repatriated from Brussels but are leaning towards Nick Clegg realise he stands for the complete opposite of their wishes? The EU loving FT.com is lapping it up:
‘Still, as Clegg rides high in the polls, Europe has a big beaming smile on its face – but it is doing its best to hide it, for fear that British voters spot it and punish Clegg accordingly.’
– Tony Barber, Financial Times’ Brusselsblog
I’d like to hear more about his MFL skills; according to Wiki, he was brought up bilingual in English and Dutch, but he also speaks French, Spanish and German. I’d like to see a journo call him out on this…