Nick Clegg: I’m not a Chihuahua in a handbag

Nick Clegg has defended the Liberal Democrats achievements while in government and said he “rarely” thinks of himself as a “Chihuahua in a handbag”.

Speaking in a joint interview with his wife Miriam on ITV’s Tonight programme, to be aired this evening, Mr Clegg said voters had to decide whether they could not forgive him for the “one thing he couldn’t deliver” – a reference to tuition fees – or acknowledge the “hundreds of things” the Lib Dems achieved in government.

The interviewer also put to Mr Clegg comments from floating voters in a Lord Ashcroft focus group which had described the deputy prime minister as a “Chihuahua in a handbag”. He said he “rarely” thinks of himself in such terms.

@laurabrander @Andrew_ComRes @tombradby @ITVTonight are you sure Miriam isn’t thinking, ‘which one’s Nick?’

— Westminster Unionist (@WestminsterDUP) April 9, 2015