http://standpointmag.co.uk Welcome to the Standpoint magazine, the culture and politics monthly en /node/3015 <!--paging_filter--><p><strong>BY JONATHAN FOREMAN</strong> </p><p>Nick Clegg, whose Liberal Democrat party came third in the UK general election is at this moment the most powerful man in Britain.</p><p>You might expect large numbers of Britons to be uncomfortable with this peculiar, rather undemocratic state of affairs, and to dislike the idea of the two major parties competing to win Clegg's hand in a potential coalition. And it may well be that most ordinary people do indeed find this strange interregnum confusing and disturbing.<p><a href="/node/3015"><span>read more</span></a></p> /node/3015#comments Sun, 09 May 2010 15:00:27 +0000 The Point 3015 at http://standpointmag.co.uk