What is Clegg actually for?

Clegg: prat in a hat

What with the incompetent handling of getting British nationals out of Libya, plus numerous woes closer to home, and Cameron in the Middle East, naturally the UK would look to the Deputy Prime Minister for some leadership.  

However, it turns out that Clegg has instead gone on holiday - saying he'd forgotten he was supposed to be in charge.   According to the Metro newspaper:

Asked if he was in charge of the nation, Mr Clegg told Metro: ‘Yeah, I suppose I am. I forgot about that.’

Laughing off the comment, however, he said talk of who was in charge was overblown in the modern era.

‘People forget there are emails and there is BlackBerry,’ Mr Clegg said.

‘I’m holding the fort but I’m hoping  to take the end of the week off with  my kids. Someone else will have to do it then. It sounds more haphazard than it probably is.’


A quite stunning example of complacent incompetence - exactly what we've come to expect from this government.

Full story here.