Nick clegg

is to be knighted in the New Year’s Honours list, presenting a conundrum for his wife, Miriam gonzalez Durantez. Admirably, she has always insisted on being professionally known by her maiden name, but will she now refuse the customary title that goes with his gong?

i think so. Not because of her feminist credentials, but because lady clegg makes her sound like a rather terrifying strain of female horsefly.

Meanwhile, eyebrows have been raised to intergalactic levels at the thought of Mr clegg being honoured for anything, except for services to failure. He betrayed students, lost the lib Dems half their seats and effectively destroyed them, he was on the losing side in the referendum and then lost his own seat in the election.

Do you ever think that by rewarding him thus our political elites are completely out of touch with the views and feelings of ordinary people?

if further proof were needed, note that in a poll of MPs and lords, clegg’s latest opus, How To Stop Brexit, was made Parliamentary Book Of The Year. Arise, Sir loser.