Happy Anniversary, Calamity Clegg

BBC News:

"The Lib Dems are offering a "sense of hope and direction" for people suffering in the current economic climate, Nick Clegg has said."

Really? The Lib Dems are offering a sense of hope and direction? Since when? And why wasn't I informed?

Of course, this is all hyperbole designed to get Clegg some positive press after a year in the job of leading Britains failed - sorry, third - party. It may be a surprise to some that Clegg has been in his job for a year. It may be a surprise to others to realise that Clegg is the leader of the Lib Dems, rather than the increasingly ridiculous Vince Cable. Because, let's face it, Clegg is a shit leader for a political party. No two ways about it - he is just fucking crap.

This is one of the first times in the previous year that he was actually made the news. He seems to think that silence is a virtue, and that the last thing he wants to do is raise the profile of the party that he leads. The Lib Dems can claim they are offering hope and direction as much as they like; their leader seems pathologically incapable of communicating that message in any way.

The sole selling points of Nick Clegg are that he is not old and he is not a drunk. Perhaps the Lib Dems, when choosing their next leader, should consider someone who is actively good, rather than just someone who isn't immediately, and obviously, embarrassing.