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Tuesday 23 October 2018

286. Nick Clegg - a Silly Con Artist heading to Silicon Valley thanks to Facebook



Nick Clegg is the latest in a long line of political scum bags to sail away into the sunset leaving behind the horrible mess they created for other people (Blair – Iraq, Cameron – Brexit, George Osborne – devastating cuts in welfare and so on and so forth).

Even with the distractions of the home-made Brexit disaster and the Trump catastrophe across the pond (including now – nuclear proliferation) and the more minor everyday diversions of celebrity shite and TV crap, social media anesthesia, what these bastards have got away with/profited from beggars belief.

I wonder, as Nick and Mrs Cojones head off to Silicon Valley to mop up the rewards for toadying to David Cameron so successfully after the 2015 general election, whether he and the Mrs will reflect on the different life chances their own children will enjoy compared the ones they left behind in massive life-crushing debt.

There’s lots of ruinous politics going on right now so in case memories are hazy or overloaded – Nick Clegg’s absolutely clear promise in the run-up to the 2015 UK election was that he – as leader of The Liberal party – would abolish student university tuition fees if elected. Following the indecisive results, Clegg took the Liberals into a coalition that supported a vile Tory administration that actually led to a huge hike in the fees he said he'd abolish. Clegg went along with it all. I still maintain that his decision to power grab at any cost broke the previous Liberal leader – Charles Kennedy’s heart. The popular and charismatic and principled Kennedy died of a heart attack shortly after the general election of that year.

Clegg was rewarded for his back stabbing with a knighthood. He is Sir Nick – just like that other f’ing shit Sir Philip Green who fleeced another demographic by asset stripping famous UK high street brand BHS before offloading what was left onto some moronic fall guy. Thousands were laid off and many lost pension rights and were thrust into poverty after decades of loyal service. Check out post 185 Does Sir Philip Green Kick Disabled Kittens in his spare time http://browngirloutsidethering.blogspot.com/2016/05/185-does-sir-philip-green-kick-disabled.html

Sir Nick served as an MEP before becoming an MP and leader of the Liberal Party. Presumably, Mark Zuckerberg, who offered Clegg the lucrative job as Head of Global Affairs and Communications at Facebook – thinks this is just the kind of oil slick in a suit he needs to get back into Europe’s good books. I wouldn’t hold your breath Mark. You should check out the Nick effect on young people – your main demographic - and even ask the good folk of Sheffield who ousted him from one of the few UK Liberal strongholds at their earliest opportunity.

Liberals have the credit of being the only prominent political party in the UK to staunchly oppose the madness of Brexit. They are morally hog-tied because they are also the party that sold young folk down the river. All the way.

Personally I hope that Mr and Mrs I’m Alright Jack fry in Silicon Valley as global temperatures both environmentally and politically soar.

Clegg is a silly con artist heading to Silicon Valley – students and their parents in the UK will be glad to see the back of him.