Pass the bucket....

The Poke version on YouTube is good for a laugh.

annodomini Isn't he Chris not Geoff? Whatever – not a good choice as leader either.

The Lib Dems always hoped for a hung parliament as their only hope of getting some power. In 2010 they really did expect it. Whatever else anyone tells you, politics is about power, not about what they can do for people. There are honourable exceptions, but not in leadership roles. I never supported Clegg for the leadership but who was the alternative? Geoff Huhn and look what's happened to him!

I agree with notsogrand The Lib Dems were able to make any promise they could think of as they thought they didn't stand a chance of getting into power, when they did they were thrown into confusion. Clegg is completely out of his depth.

When listening to politicians I can hear my grandfather saying "you can always tell when a politician is lying - his lips are moving"

I thought I was past being disillusioned after Tony Blair, but Clegg is just one more privileged 'toff'.

Good point notso. Ah...but which Milliband greatnan? Sometimes suspect the brother David is quite pleased he didn't get elected this time round and is waiting quietly in the wings.

I'll bet Milliband is praying for another defeat!

Politicians from a party that hasn't been in power for decades and doesn't look as though it's going to be in power any time soon, can promise the earth with a clear conscience can't they?

It was getting into government that tripped them up.

I think the idea goes back to Swift's Gulliver's Travels where he sees a man being dragged off unwillingly to be PM

I think somebody once said that anyone who wants to be an MP should be debarred on those very grounds!
There are some very decent people in the UK parliament, and they must feel very frustrated when they see their party taken over by the self-servers, greedy and dishonest members.

They are just as bad over here in Australia. The (Tory) opposition leader, Abbott, is a nasty attack dog with an entirely negative agenda , our Labour PM got the job through a political coup and has not been forgiven by many Labour supporters, the Greens just say NO to everything....

Then there is our State government - newly elected in a landslide that most people regret, they are using supposed mistakes by the past government to impose far-right idealistic policies, and now everyone hates them because they broke so many promises.

I'm glad I'm retired with a pension, because no job is safe these days.

Sorry, I stopped listening after the first sentence. And I stopped believing politians many, many years ago. Why is anyone surprised that they exaggerated and fibbed. It's what they all do - to varying degrees. At least we don't have to put up with twerps like that Romney bloke.

I watched that too, POGS. Paxman had Cable rattled at first, but of course he (like all politicians) weaseled his way out of it by the end of the interview. All parties promise unaffordable policies just to gain votes.

The fact he said he shouldn't have made a promise without knowing how to fund it when there was no money left was an O.K. move.

The problem for me is the fact that he became so popular with the students and parents of those going to university he had a lot of votes, I would assume, from people who would not normally vote LibDem. Now we have . b----y coalition government. Gordon Brown was so useless during the televised debates Clegg probably gained Labour votes too.

I hate coalitions, they do not work. They are dangerous, stupid and sadly where we will be next time around too. I for one would like to see either Labour or Conservatives win outright and rise or fall on their own merits.

Just watching Vince Cable admitting they knew it was unaffordable on Newsnight. As Paxman said 'It was a stunt'.

I thought it was just me. In fact I wouldn't trust him as far as I could throw him.

What a creep! And what a suspicious hair colour....