Mr Clegg is 'one of them’, a remote representative of the Westminster political class.

Political Satire The contrast is shattering. Tim Farron, the Liberal Democrat president elect, is greeted with rapturous applause by the party faithful as he storms onto the stage, lays into David Cameron and calls for a giant lurch to the left. But the greeting for Nick Clegg is no better than dutiful as he arrives at Friday night’s party rally. To be fair, the party leader is given a standing ovation, testimony to a valuable new discipline in Lib Dem ranks. But there is no warmth, and Mr Clegg’s jokes fall flat. The contrast is easy to explain. Mr Farron, who backed Saturday’s sullen Lib Dem revolt against Tory health reforms, feels like 'one of us’. There is no doubt that Mr Clegg and his fellow Lib Dem ministers feel a real sense of mission and fulfilment thanks to their role at the heart of the Coalition Government.