Ideologies / Liberal Democrat / Nick Clegg
§ The minds · b. 1967 · United Kingdom · Deputy Prime Minister
Nick Clegg
The liberal in coalition
Civil liberty, tested by power.
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The Liberal Democrat leader who took his party into coalition government — championing civil liberties and constitutional reform from within power, at lasting cost to his party.
social
Progressive on rights, Europe and equal marriage.
economic
Centre-left market economy with social mobility at its core.
governance
Drove civil-liberties and constitutional-reform measures in government.
Notable for
- Led the Lib Dems into coalition
- Civil-liberties and reform agenda
- Equal-marriage advocate
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