Hearing Nick Clegg make his apology regarding his party's failure to abide by its promise on student tuition fees will make most people feel one of 2 ways. Either they will feel that Clegg has shown himself to be the most decent and honest politician to walk the earth or they will see his abject apology as being one of the most nauseating and cynical actions ever perpetrated on a gullible population.
Given that no one, including Clegg, has ever really made it clear to the population at large that the fuss over student loans is really an 'Aunt Sally' invented for political purposes, one has to gravitate towards the second belief. Also given the extent of dissatisfaction with him in his own party, and Vince Cable's clear positioning of himself as a potential successor one has to wonder just how long Clegg has.
My guess would be that he might well be gone before next year's conference season though the chance of Cable being his successor is slim..
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