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[News] Nick Clegg issues an apology
Sep. 20th, 2012 10:02 amIn an unusual move yesterday, deputy Prime Minister and leader of the Liberal Democrat party Nick Clegg issued a video in which he apologised to his supporters for his failure to keep pledges made when he thought there was no chance whatsoever he'd ever have to come good on them.
Speaking directly to camera, Nick Clegg said "There’s no easy way to say this: we made a pledge, we didn’t stick to it – and for that I am sorry. But I want to promise you something now. I will never do this again. I'm never gonna give you up, never gonna let you down, never gonna run around and desert you."
With the saddest expression he could muster, he continued: "Never gonna make you cry, never gonna say goodbye, never gonna tell a lie and hurt you."
Many former Liberal democrat supporters did not feel this was enough. Nick Walker, a unemployed Social Studies graduate, said "I voted for Nick Clegg because I wanted to vote for a party which would never get elected so I'd never have to accept that the real world involves compromise. As it is, this has made me engage with reality and I don't like it and want it to stop. If it doesn't, I'll hold me breath until I turn blue before voting for someone else who'll never get any power - like the Greens - at the next election."
*Breaking news* In the past few minutes, the Liberal Democrats have adopted giving you up, letting your down, and running around and deserting you as their core policies for the 2015 election. A spokesman for the party said "This in no way contradicts Nick Clegg's earlier statement."
Speaking directly to camera, Nick Clegg said "There’s no easy way to say this: we made a pledge, we didn’t stick to it – and for that I am sorry. But I want to promise you something now. I will never do this again. I'm never gonna give you up, never gonna let you down, never gonna run around and desert you."
With the saddest expression he could muster, he continued: "Never gonna make you cry, never gonna say goodbye, never gonna tell a lie and hurt you."
Many former Liberal democrat supporters did not feel this was enough. Nick Walker, a unemployed Social Studies graduate, said "I voted for Nick Clegg because I wanted to vote for a party which would never get elected so I'd never have to accept that the real world involves compromise. As it is, this has made me engage with reality and I don't like it and want it to stop. If it doesn't, I'll hold me breath until I turn blue before voting for someone else who'll never get any power - like the Greens - at the next election."
*Breaking news* In the past few minutes, the Liberal Democrats have adopted giving you up, letting your down, and running around and deserting you as their core policies for the 2015 election. A spokesman for the party said "This in no way contradicts Nick Clegg's earlier statement."
