Ashdown: ‘I backed Clegg right from the start’
Lord Ashdown, former leader of the Liberal Democrats, comments to the Today programme on the coalition agreement, and the leadership of Nick Clegg:
“We do not yet know how this will play out,
“If the Liberal Democrats had not gone into coalition the consequences for the party would have been worse, the risk for our party would have been greater, the benefit for our country would have been fantastically diminished.
“I thought this was the right thing – I backed it right from the start.
“Nick had the right judgement on this and I support him fully and energetically.”
