Don't knock Nick Clegg without some thought +

A reader says (Readers' Letters) that we should not knock Nick Clegg without some thought.   The reader says that Clegg was the only party leader that had the courage to stand up to Nigel Farage and confront him on television, making him more of a man than Miliband and Cameron.  Also mentioned is the fact that the coalition is all the better for the Lib Dems who have curbed some of the Tory's unpopular policies while presenting many Liberal ones.

 Ed Comments... WOW!   What a mixed reaction to this on our readers letters page.   Many people must wonder why Vince Cable did not have the job in the first place.   This guy tends to say the right things at the right time, wit included - remember his comment about Mr Bean?

"Flash back to The Guardian 29.11.07

"But the agony was not over. Vincent Cable, the acting leader of the Liberal Democrats, said in his voice like a sheep with a tummy ache: "The house has noticed the prime minister's remarkable transformation in the past few weeks - from Stalin to Mr Bean."

A great howl of laughter seemed to fall from the very ceiling. Even Labour members desperately tried to hide their amusement from the whips. Apparently many stab victims feel no pain at first, but know how much it will hurt later. This one is going to hurt.

The only relief came when Sir Patrick Cormack bizarrely asked Mr Brown what he wanted for Christmas. Perhaps he expected a reply like "a giant Toblerone would be nice". Instead the prime minister said, from deep inside his pit of misery: "I might have one day off."