Don't vilify Nick Clegg, a man doomed by circumstance | Simon Jenkins

I'm as baffled as ever as to what the Lib Dems are about. But Clegg, their leader, has performed as well as could be expected

Tolstoy was right about Nick Clegg. After a moment of free will after the 2010 election, he was trapped in the vice of historical necessity. He is like Kutusov at the battle of Borodino, "a simple, modest and therefore truly great figure" who has given Britain two and a half years of political stability. He should be thanked, not vilified.

In April 2010 Clegg w...