What did he get for compromising so many of his party's principles? A referendum on a type of electoral reform that it never advocated. He should have held out for full PR or made the Tories govern as a minority. The political will was with him then. But he didn't sense it and he took the important-sounding job. He'll always be able to say he was once deputy prime minister. But the question he leaves unanswered is: "Why would anyone ever vote for the Liberal Democrats again?
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Why would you rely on a political party to solve your nation's problems? Just break the chains, man. They're trying to enslave the people into this worldwide corporate squalor. Your political parties are already bought off and sold.