did essentially appointed by nick clegg and worked with me.— essentially appointed by nick clegg ands referred to, in that ministerial post, that may have made it difficult for the person occupying it to grass, fully understand, get to grips with post office issues? i understand, get to grips with post office issues?— office issues? i wouldn't say abnormally _ office issues? i wouldn't say abnormally so. _ office issues? i wouldn't say abnormally so. i— office issues? i wouldn't say abnormally so. i was - office issues? i wouldn't say| abnormally so. i was unusual office issues? i wouldn't say i abnormally so. i was unusual in having five years in my office. i think under the governments that havejust think under the governments that have just passed, we think under the governments that havejust passed, we had cabinet ministers who held jobs for a few months. but it was unusual. i think injo swinson plasma case there was interruption because of maternity leave. that was very understandable, that wasn't really churn, but the others changed because of an overall mix in the ministerial

and i'm thinking, being in the car, driving between places on the night of 2015 and hearing nick clegg like a real... because people had, people knew it was theoretically possible. but i don't think people had really kind of internalised the fact that the lib dems were going to get destroyed, including even vip lib dems like the deputy prime minister. that's right. and there's nothing like seeing an event for reals, right? they'rejust, therejust isn't anything like it. um, and all these hypothetical scenarios, all of these imagined realities — i've been talking to labour and tory people a lot about this in the last few days and asking, how do you think you will feel when the results come in, and particularly when that exit poll comes in, which is not 100% accurate forecast, but it's got a very good track record. and it feels like everybody who's sort of involved in politics in any way, and probably lots of newscasters as well, anybody who's interested in politics has this kind of sense of almost starting to hold their breath already, you know, on monday, tea time until 10:00 on thursda

when the opportunity came, nick clegg blew it completely.had a referendum on a preferential system that you couldn't explain in a sentence, and the whole thing was a disaster. your number of seats 72 finally, in line with our vote is actually part, isn't it? actually it's actually pa. yeah, you know, the last labour conference voted for proportional or a form of. i mean, i've always favoured av plus, you know, where you have two ballot papers, one for a local mp, one for an opinion. that was what the jenkins commission came back with after blair recommended it. i just wonder, is the liberal democrat enthusiasm for electoral reform, do you think it's as strong as it was? yes, absolutely. >> you can totally rely on the lib dems to support measures for electoral reform. welcome to the club. it's all i can say. no, i've been there. >> no, i didn't mean that. >> no, i didn't mean that. >> i know you have, but the club of piling up a decent vote and not not getting much return for it. what i think was not much, really. >> i mean, you know, we need

better than nick clegg and paddy ashdown. the snp swept away by the keir starmer change agenda.t just four seats for four million votes and yet 71 seats for 3.5 million? i will show you. there is a word of warning for the two parties that did well overnight. labour, you can seejust parties that did well overnight. labour, you can see just up 1% parties that did well overnight. labour, you can seejust up 1% in terms of vote share. that is less then 2017 whenjeremy corbyn was defeated by the conservatives and it is certainly worse than the landslide in 1997. and a similar tale of caution for the liberal democrats, flatlining at 13%. so how did they do so well? the simple answer is they concentrated their vote in those seats where it counted. so where the conservatives were up against labour, labour is up 6%. the liberal democrat vote is squeezed. there is your evidence of tactical voting. conversely, squeezed. there is your evidence of tacticalvoting. conversely, in those seats where liberal democrats were best placed to defeat conservatives, they are up seven, labour are down one

quite how nick clegg sold the pass on this. i will never, ever know . this.a clear majority of the british public now think the system doesn't work . these system doesn't work. these results prove the system doesn't work. and actually the low turnout shows you that just so many people can't see the point of taking part in these elections . elections. >> now, during the campaign, you said that the tory brand was dead, but in the eyes of many commentators, they've actually exceeded expectations by avoiding that sort of existential wipe—out are some of their mps flirting with joining reform now? suella braverman making some comments over the weekend? would you let her into reform ? >> reform? >> look, i mean, here's the point. they're already in civil war. i mean, you know, the election result, the ink is barely dry on the paper and they're at war. you know, you have people like suella braverman, people like the father of the house, sir edward lee, who say, oh, we must welcome nigel into the conservative party. and then you have the other wing , which is have th

quite how nick clegg sold the pass on this. i will never, ever know . this., ever know. there is a clear majority of the british public now think the system doesn't work . these system doesn't work. these results prove the system doesn't work. and actually the low turnout shows you that just so many people can't see the point of taking part in these elections. >> now, during the campaign , you >> now, during the campaign, you said that the tory brand was dead, but in the eyes of many commentators, they've actually exceeded expectations by avoiding that sort of existential wipe—out are some of their mps flirting with joining reform now? suella braverman making some comments so that we can. would you let her into reform? reform ? >> reform? >> look, i mean, here's the point. they're already in civil war . i point. they're already in civil war. i mean, you point. they're already in civil war . i mean, you know, the war. i mean, you know, the election result, the ink is barely dry on the paper, and they're at war. you know, you have people like suella braverman,

. >> ed davey not ed davey and nick clegg video somewhere of him doing a dance to carly rae jepsen filmase. >> yes, i have heard of this . >> yes, i have heard of this. >> yes, i have heard of this. >> give it a miss of this parish gloria de piero who you sat next to him many times, and i when we've had a late evening in the early hours approach, we put on kinnock the movie, and we know every single word of it. it's now on youtube and then and then we text the kinnock children saying we're watching. neil kinnock was our idea. >> he got me out of a scrape years ago i was doing a speaking engagement with him and michael heseltine, and we had a three line whip at 10:00. neil looked at me. i won't use the language. he uses his boil. you come with me. you're in trouble. come in. the leader of the opposition's car. look the whips in the eyes and call them. see you next tuesday. i will sort you out. >> oh yeah? yeah yeah, yeah. >> oh yeah? yeah yeah, yeah. >> and he rang up the chief whip and says jody was with me. good man. >> goodness me. so you're. bacon was saved . my bacon was saved by wa

is an indication on july 16, 2021 nick clegg sheryl sandberg mark zuckerberg they are feeling the pressureto downplay any a lab leak theory and go with the natural origin theory. >> is a question there? >> here's another email to mark zuckerberg. the subject line covid misinformation wuhan lab leak theory. in response to continued public pressure and intense conversation with the new administration we started removing kovic lindsay clein lab leak there. mr. zuckerberg response to this end like a good reminder when we compromise our standards due to pressure from administration in either direction we often later regret it. why was it so important the virus not have starred in a lab? >> wasn't so important that the virus not -- we don't know. >> it was about to some in the biden administration come so much so that the top people at meta-, top people at facebook are asking why we get all this pressure to downplay the lab leak theory and we have an e-mail from june of the same year, june 4, 2021 saying the same thing. it's so important to somebody. >> what does that have got to do with a. >> w

when i was in the coalition, chevening was shared between william hague as foreign secretary and nick cleggnister. i went down there very nice building indeed.i down there very nice building indeed. i didn't play any croquet, i might say, but it's a very nice building. so it's not unusual that they will have these buildings allocated to them. there was also admiralty arch and part of the answer for the government may be to do that, because in the labour government of 1997 to 2010, john prescott was deputy prime minister, had admiralty arch very close to whitehall, and that solved the problem as to who had what, because prescott didn't want to use dorneywood because he he actually disapproved of the lavishness of it . it. >> yes. well, i don't understand why they should have that. anyway. they're talking about levelling up and all this stuff. why should they be? what is the point? why are they giving mansions ? i want this to stop. mansions? i want this to stop. >> i actually agree with you. it's such an old fashioned thing. it feels. it harks back to a time when you had these high profile g

nick clegg, joel kaplan, cheryl sandberg, mark zuckerberg. they are certainly feeling the pressure to downplay any lab leak theory and go with the natural origin theory. >> is there a question there? >> it was a comment. here is another email to mark zuckerberg that's a subject line, covid misinformation, we on lab leak theory. in response to continued public pressure, intense conversations with the new administration, we started removing five covid claims including the lab leak theory. mr. zuckerberg response, this seems like a good reminder that when we compromise our standards due to pressure from an administration, in either direction, we often later regret it. why was it so important the virus not have started in a eb lab? >> wasn't so important that the virus not -- we don't know. >> it was important to someone in the biden administration, so much so that the top people at meta, the top people at facebook are asking why are we getting all this pressure to downplay the lab leak theory and we have an email from june of the same year, june

i remember when the former leader of the liberal democrats, nick clegg, a video of him resurfaced recently no point in building any more nuclear power stations because some of them wouldn't be ready until 2021, or we're now well past that. we're in a real pickle when it comes to producing enough good, clean energy. i don't hear anyone from the liberal democrats trying to fix that problem. particularly, i don't hear anyone actually, from anything we've just heard. they're fixing the housing crisis, worrying about our precious green belt. despite you putting a great example to her of the fact that the so—called green belt is full of land. >> but she's right, though, isn't she? she's right that in order to have more houses, you need to have the infrastructure to support those houses. it's all well and good. plonking a thousand new homes in a certain area. but if the train stations already rameau, if you've got no schools, you've got no dentist, you've got no hospitals, then you've got no hospitals, then you know what's the point? >> well, firstly, i'm in favour of building all sorts of that a

managed to achieve _ ashdown or nick clegg managed to achieve.was just chatting to one of them who lost the seat here in glasgow. — one of them who lost the seat here in glasgow, labour winning everything here in glasgow, david linderman, he said he didn't think this election was about independence which _ this election was about independence which is _ this election was about independence which is odd because this is the manifesto — which is odd because this is the manifesto and that's the first page of it and _ manifesto and that's the first page of it and it — manifesto and that's the first page of it and it says — vote snp for scotland — of it and it says — vote snp for scotland to become an independent country~ _ scotland to become an independent country. so the snp understand that they have _ country. so the snp understand that they have to regroup, the deputy first minister was saying that early in the _ first minister was saying that early in the night they need to reassess, regroup, _ in the night they need to reassess, regroup, need to

yes, they have picked up 63 seats, but their vote share is flatlining, less than nick clegg and paddyistol central, which was one or by the greens and by carla denyer, their coal correct to the co—leader. congratulations. the greens have won a record four seats across the country, waveney valley, north herefordshire and brighton pavilion you held onto as well. you can be now the campaign is over. you over. you said you were targeting four. did you really expect to win all four? . ~' , ., did you really expect to win all four? . ,, i. ., . ., . four? thank you for having me on and thank ou four? thank you for having me on and thank you for— four? thank you for having me on and thank you for the _ four? thank you for having me on and thank you for the congratulations. - thank you for the congratulations. yeah, we were targeting four. we were very open about how many we thought we could achieve. throughout the campaign i could see that four mps was within reach. we were never totally sure it was within our grasp. the results were looking like they might be close based on our door knockin