While it may mark me a heretic to praise both an Englishman and a Liberal Democrat on the eve of the eve of the Fourth of July, I hope my recent paean to Everyday Americans evens the ledger.
I think it has to be said that Britain’s Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg is the most fascinating politician in the English-speaking world. Unlike his rival for that title in the United States, Clegg has already made a positive contribution to the politics of his country.
Yesterday, Clegg announced the launch of a government website called “YourFreedom.” It’s part of Clegg’s commitment to radically reduce the size of government in Britain in a direct reversal of the Labour Party’s thirteen years of increasing control of nearly everything Brits do.
I’d tell you more about it, but Clegg does better than I ever could:
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