Once the main political party of government in Britain, the Liberals were eclipsed by the Labour Party and had not held power for a hundred years. Then in 2010, an opportunity to form a coalition-government came along, the Conservative’s David Cameron sweet-talked them and they were in.
At a time of international financial crisis, the generous observer would praise their willingness to put national interest before party self-interest, however the British voter is rarely generous to its politicians and the Lib-Dems came to be punished very severely indeed as they were slaughtered in the 2015 election reduced from 59 to only nine MPs.
Are Clegg’s memories revelatory or self-serving? New Chapter examines this book from the heart of British government by a self-avowed Euro-federalist.