If a week is a long time in politics, 26 months is forever, right?
"This talk of alliances comes up a lot, doesn’t it? Everyone wants
to be in our gang. So I want to make something very clear today.
Will I ever join a Conservative government? No.
Will I ever join a Labour government? No.
I will never allow the Liberal Democrats to be a mere annex to
another party's agenda."
– Nick Clegg's first speech as leader to the Lib Dem conference, March 2008