The curious case of Nick Clegg

To understand Nick CleggNOUNTTU, look in the Collins English Dictionary. There, a little before “clematis” and “clemency”, you will find the entry “Cleggmania” (, ). Its definition is “the brief surge in popularity for the leader of the Liberal Democrat party, Nick Clegg”.Sir Nick is a funny mixture. He feels both very successful (he has his own dictionary entry) and not that successful (read it). He charms many people (see “-mania”, not to mention its cognate, “Cleggstasy”) but irritates others (the surge was, after all, “brief”). Before he led the Liberal Democrats into a with the Conservatives in 2010 he was so popular that -shirts were printed bearing the logo “I agree with Nick”. After it he became so unpopular that the -shirts vanished and a mocking song about a policy -turn on tuition fees appeared in their place.