Nick Clegg, why should young people trust you?
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 4 พ.ย. 2014
- Deputy Prime Minister and Leader of the Liberal Democrats, Nick Clegg, talks about his decisions whilst in power.
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Whatever people think of Clegg no one can deny he has excellent communication skills.
And tough skin...
Nathan Hazlett You can't deny it from the minute you hear him speak he is charismatic, eloquent, polite, calm, intelligent, and an excellent communicator....even if he is communicating bullshit lol. None of the other party leaders even come close to him in this regard. He doesn't seem to have any humour from what I've seen tho...whereas the other 3 main party leaders do make me laugh here and there. Farage is more of a rough blunt no bullshit kinda guy lol...If you are comparing on eloquency, charisma, and intelligence alone then Clegg makes farage and milliband look like monkeys imo
***** Strange,..To me he's so devoid of any character.
Orlando Burgess just because he isnt loud or arrogant, and speaks eloquently doesn't mean he has no character
Centrist Philosopher My Dog's anus has better communication skills.
> Have you struggled?
Milton Friedman had the best answer to this one:
"Is there one of you who is going to say, 'I don't want a doctor to treat me for cancer, unless he himself has had cancer?' "
Impeccable
yes!
He made one mistake, making a promise that was hard to deliver considering he didn't win the majority vote, and came out and has apologised over and over again for making that mistake. He didn't make that promise knowing he had no intention of lowering tuition fees. Now everything he stands for means nothing because of one mistake he made. In government, he helped abolish ID card schemes, showed a lot of courage going head-to-head with UKIP on the EU issue knowing he was the underdog. He is now putting a huge focus on mental health which no one would argue is hugely important.
To be attacked and attacked for so long on not following through with one policy, and to get attacked on issues he had little choice over, is ludicrous. Around this time before the last election, everyone had the chance to back him and vote for him, like I did, when he was hugely popular going into the elections, and many didn't follow through.
Hitmanfan91 Completely agree. Every single time he appears anywhere, the issue on tuition fees is always brought up and it's so incredibly boring. What's the point in asking the same old question over and over if no one ever seems to listen to his response. He's basically been explaining himself and apologising for that one mistake for the last 5 years, it's so dumb.
You are 100% correct I want everyone to see this. Or, you know, just educate themselves a bit and do a some research before they call people " spineless" or "weak".
Hitmanfan91 If I voted for Nick Clegg mainly because he said he would lower fees, then do I not have a right to be upset and not vote for him if he tells me he cannot deliver on that?
Kadeem Hyde Why on earth would anyone vote for a party due to a single issue though? I voted for the libdems today because I like a number of their policies, if they don't deliver a couple of them of course I'll be disappointed, but that is something that happens regularly in politics. I'd rather vote for someone who is realistic and apologises for the things they are unable to do than someone who twists to escape the issue.
Cheeseandbanana Note I I said mainly thereby indicating that while there are a range of reasons I place a higher significance in some issues over others
That girl question 'Have you ever struggled?' . . . The simplest and most sincere question I have ever heard in a debate . . .
And the answer is : No - That's why they are fucking us over.
real.
what an irrelevant question though.
nick clegg is awesome as fuck
Please tell me your kidding
i don't have a kidding
Please tell me your joking
i dont have one of those either
ok
I have an immense amount of respect for Nick Clegg. He's dealt with so much misguided hate and abuse and never broke or gave up or stepped down. The Lib Dems didn't go into the coalition in the strongest position, and all things considered they actually made a lot more valuable contributions to our country than people give them credit for. But people can't see that past this one silly promise that they didn't - in fact couldn't - deliver on. Finally all the silly little mistakes caught on with them and now they've crashed and bombed, and i honestly don't think they deserved that. They're a great party, and Nick Clegg was a great leader, but they got to caught up in the grasp of the Conservatives and it stifled them. Here's to hoping they get back up again, and preferably soon, because we need them now more than ever.
How did that work out for you??? Hahahaha lost his seat, next leader lost her seat and the Lib Dems have been rendered irrelevant. Deomcracy wins hahahaha lost two referenda as well llser loser loser
People vilify Clegg but what sort of party leader would have turned down an opportunity for his party to govern?
He was wrong to make promises he couldn't deliver. But I think people forget that the media puts enormous pressure on political parties to show they are credible to govern and the public expect it.
If Clegg had said 'I want to lower tuition fees but we can't guarantee it' he would have been labelled 'weak'
How many other leaders apologised for major mistakes?
I don't agree with everything Nick Clegg has said and done - far from it. But people who say he 'betrayed' his core voters generally speaking, as opposed to the Tuition Fees issue, are ignoring the situation he was in. A Coalition with Labour wouldn't have worked because Mr Brown had no mandate as PM so it would have been undemocratic
In government, the Lib Dems helped abolish ID card schemes and Clegg showed political courage in going head-to-head with Farage on the EU issue even though he knew he was the underdog. Now the Lib Dems are putting a big focus on mental health which is a very important issue.
I just think Nick Clegg gets attacked and vilified for issues he had little choice over.
Nathan Hazlett He and the Lib Dems didn't have to sign off on Tuition fees though. They could have abstained. They would have gotten the votes for the fees for the bill not to pass.
Rachel Moses
Fair enough. I am not uncritical. I just don't think it fair to judge them entirely on one issue when every party has been guilty of letting people down. And let's not forget it was Labour who introduced tuition fees.
Nathan Hazlett And it's not about what Labour did. They were in *opposition* at the time. It's about what the Lib-Dems did. Let's not Forget that none of the Leadership team of the Lib-Dems wanted to have the pledge in the first place, but the federal committee forced them to have in there as the pledge had served them well. And let's not forget it's worse than a graduate tax because you pay *interest* on the payments
Rachel Moses Regardless, Labour still have been just as poor on fees as anyone else.
You only pay interest due to to fall in line with real time interest rates (so you don't just pay £27k in 2050 when it's worth a tenner, nothing more than that.
People are obsessed with tuition fees even though its now easier to go to university.
Nick Clegg gets nowhere near the credit he deserves.
I think the "have you ever struggled is a bit unfair"
People don't have to have been through something to understand the issue. Otherwise surely with that logic the heads of Oxfam should have been starving in Africa to qualify, Mental Health charity representatives should have had a mental disorder of some kind etc. You can disagree with Clegg's policies etc but I think the personal attack is unnecessary and unjustified.
I think hindsight is a very powerful thing - in 2010, I was just under voting age, but the result we got was one that made me feel let down and angry. I was angry with Nick Clegg and the Lib Dem Party for choosing to create a coalition with the Conservatives. Having seen the Tories operate alone for the past year, it is now possible to see a difference in how they operate now to how they did when the Liberal Democrats had the ability to influence. I feel now that maybe we're all pretty quick to judge Nick Clegg, who didn't have much choice in some of the decisions he had to make for the sake of his party. I say all of this and I'm a supporter of the Labour Party, but dependent on the result of the leadership election taking place within Labour currently, that could be subject to change.
I remember thinking Clegg was a spineless rat for surrendering his opposition to tuition fees, and I felt his apology was insincere. I'm older now, and I know now that you play the hand you're dealt in life, and the Lib Dems didn't have a great hand. I live in the north of Ireland and if there's one thing we know about it's political compromise. Having said that, I think it was a huge error in judgement to promise abolishment of fees and then flip on that promise. I understand WHY they did it. They had an opportunity to be in government, and thought they should take it while it was there.
Now it may sound mad but for the party's sake I think they should have stuck to their guns on fees and walked away. The tories would have had free reign, but the Lib Dems would have retained their credibility and may have been able to build up to a stronger position for 2015. But anyway, it's all said and done. I'm very interested in the Labour contest at the minute. I'm rooting for Corbyn myself.
Comrade Corbyn ftw
I've often gone back and forth on whether or not I like Nick Clegg. I think I can say that I do now. The way he communicates you can tell he genuinely believes what he says and did what he did because he thought it was the right thing to do.
Clegg is correct.
Poor Clegg. He shouldn't have entered coalition with the Conservatives. Perhaps not at all.
The only way he was ever going to get into government was through a coalition, he knew that all along. He probably should have thought about that when he wrote their manifesto.
She is asking the realist questions!
I can't believe no one said to him "you didn't have the mandate to get rid of tuition fees ok but also you didn't have the mandate to triple them either"
He managed to hold on to his seat (8/5/2015). He did an excellent job towards dismantling the Lib Dem circus. They still have a handful of MPs left - not enough to make a football team. He deserved another chance to finish the job.
CIRCUS? I'LL HAVE YOU KNOW THAT YOUR LABOUR CIRUS WILL BE DEMOLISHED AND EVERY SOCIALIST WILL BE SHOT!
These kids need to learn to listen to the response when they've asked a question… Clegg's been explaining how these tuition fees work for the last 5 years and they still don't seem to understand. I was applying to university the year the fees tripled and, whilst £9000 a year certainly is a scary figure, have I noticed it? Have I paid a penny of it myself yet? Of course not…
I genuinely wonder if they're that stupid they think you have to pay it upfront or something because they don't seem to understand how it works. Either that or they're playing dumb for the sake of just having something to be angry at Nick Clegg for. Yes, it's not ideal, but it's really not that bad.
No one can completely trust politicians. WE all have different ideas of how things work. I have never found a party yet with a manifest to exactly fits my ideas.
Everyone always talks about tuition fees but that is only apart of the story, increase in VAT & Bedroom tax all had life worse for people. But at least Clegg got his AV referendum
Put your tie back on laddy.
In 2019 the first thing I saw watching this was Tony Blair talking. Two of a kind.
Why are British people so caustic?
I think people in the comments should stop saying kids are stupid. They're really not stupid, at all. I think it is a fault in adults to constantly disregard what youth have to say by saying they're stupid. Being a youth, in this generation, is very difficult. Believe me, it is. Yeah, they may not know the ins and outs of politics but they're still young, it doesn't mean they're stupid. It means they haven't found the time and had the opportunity yet to know all the things that others have learnt through experience and further education.
only ask the people for their opnion when more power goes to the eu. a grim way to say things like but we decide the rest not the people.
These Politicians Pretend They Care They Don’t Really Care They Are Deceitful
It's clear from the first minute or so of him speaking that he's answering different questions to the ones he's being asked.
Love him so much
Guy 13:00 in looks like he's holding back leaping from his chair and ripping Clegg to shreds. And I don't think anybody would really mind if he did.
Why should curly haired young hooray henrys trust you? They could grow up to be Harpo Marx.
and to think, some people want to lower the voting age ... LOL
In my view Nick Clegg is a very weak politician. His unique brand of waffle on whatever subject takes his fancy is nauseating to say the least, and that's putting it politely.
the peasants complain all the time.
shut up Street Rat
clegg has the qualities of a lying car salesmen
sorankurdi I got a week out of mine to be Fair. Could not even make it to the Bilderburg Meeting. Vote Muppet.
Vote ukip
Rather not thanks
Lool ukip? I might as well vote for the Tories too.
Tom Mcdonald You UKIP freaks make me laugh, shouting UKIP on nearly every UK political video, as if Nigel farage would even piss on you dumb lot.
Not me :P
No don't do that
TUITION FEES - vote anyone but lib dems...
Mike- Because that is the ONLY issue that matters?
Yes ....
Kevin Davies good lad. Man of unshifting principleso
***** Friday... Danny Akexander and Cleggers will be ruing the day they sold out to the Tory keep your mates rich brigade. Glad to see the i was only obeying orders excuse is ready...
I would have kept election promises and supported labour vote by vote in a minority government. Liberals get off the fence...
Old clegg is finished in politics, he PROMISED to scrap tuition fees then as soon as he got into power he TRIPLED them. To further add insult he then made a pop video taunting voters with a really sarcastic insincere apology.
marshalllucky someone else made the video😂😂