He is an avowed atheist who famously claimed to have slept with “no more than 30” women. He has criticized British governments for their “slavish” relationship with Washington.
And he may be the most popular politician in the country.
Nick Clegg, the leader of the perennial also-ran Liberal Democrats, is suddenly being compared by the more breathless British media to President Obama and Winston Churchill. Millions of voters will be watching as he takes the stage Thursday night for the last of three televised debates between the men hoping to emerge as Britain’s prime minister after elections May 6.
Clegg, 43, has upended the usual narrative of such elections here by turning a traditional two-horse race between the Labor and Conservative parties into an unpredictable and potentially historic three-way heat. Running on a platform of targeted spending cuts, a tax on big banks and clean government, Clegg’s left-of-center party is poised for its best-ever showing in a general election.
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