Lib Dems Ask If Clegg Was In Last Of The Summer Wine

17-09-08

THE Lib Dems last night phoned 250,000 voters to ask if Nick Clegg was the medium sized one in Last of the Summer Wine.

Clegg is in favour tax cuts and a nice cheese scone

Voters heard a 30-second speech by the Lib Dem leader setting out his vision for three elderly men who are really quite different but somehow manage to get along.

They were then asked to press 'one' if they thought Nick Clegg invented Wallace & Gromit, 'two' if they thought he was played by Peter Sallis, and 'three' if he was the 'young, sexy man from the Liberal Democrats'.

They were also asked a series of questions on education, health, tax and the environment before being entered into a prize draw for a year's supply of John Smith's Extra Smooth Bitter.

A party spokesman said: "The questions are easy enough, apart from the Clegg one, but I'm not allowed to give away any clues."

Before Clegg's keynote conference speech, polling showed 40% wished he was Peter Sallis, 25% said he was definitely in The Wrong Trousers and the rest said he was an old Yorkshire word for the bits of dung you see hanging off the back end of a sheep.

The spokesman added: "As I keep saying, we are the Lib Dems, so it really doesn't matter."