British politician — former Deputy Prime Minister and Liberal Democrat leader — former VP of Global Affairs at Meta — who led the Lib Dems into coalition with the Conservatives (2010–15), then reversed the party's core tuition fee promise within months, destroying his political career.
Demonstrates the fatal risk of coalition minority party politics — Clegg's LibDem-Conservative coalition showed how a minor party in coalition with a larger one inevitably absorbs political blame disproportionate to its actual policy influence.
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