Mr Clegg has made the Lib Dems more liberal, or at least more realistic, in economic matters.

ECONOMIST: At home with Britain's new power couple

Former Liberal leader and now Lib Dem peer Lord Steel of Aikwood said it was "quite ridiculous" for the government to expect peers to deal with the report stage in the time left available.

BBC: Peers vent more anger over Scotland Bill

Here, paradoxically, it was the decline of the Liberal Democrat vote which undid the Lib Dems' ruling "agreement" with Labour.

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