Lord Acton said.......

[micmak]

John Emerich Edward Dalberg Acton. The first baron of Acton said....... Power corrupts and absolute power corrupts absolutely. Could this be applied to Nick Clegg.

[mike11111]

The actual quotation is:

"Power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely. Great men are almost always bad men, even when they exercise influence and not authority: still more when you superadd the tendency or certainty of corruption by full authority. There is no worse heresy than the fact that the office sanctifies the holder of it. "

Although no fan of Clegg, I would,t go that far yet.

By the way, Acton's remarks, as an RC, were made in the context of his opposition to the new doctrine of Papal Infallability, promulgated in 1870.

[jno]

Clegg is nowhere near to having absolute power. He leads a minority party in a coalition.

[Gromit]

The LibDem Party conference might be interesting. The grassroots of the party will get their say, and Mr Clegg can expect a bit of a rough ride. Despite being in power, we can expected an air of dissatisfaction within the party.

[I.Don No]

Nick Clegg does not have any power, but he has still been corrupted. I think he may pay for this at the next general election.