There is a website called Nick Clegg Looking Sad devoted to photographs of the Deputy Prime Minister with a long face. Whether he is sitting next to David Cameron on the Commons front bench, walking into No 10 for Cabinet or gathering his thoughts before a speech, the Liberal Democrat leader has, in every picture, that mournful, slightly tortured look that seems to have become his default expression. His theme tune could be Heaven Knows I’m Miserable Now — if only the Prime Minister had not deprived him of even that pleasure by claiming the Smiths as a favourite band.
There is a case, however, that Mr Clegg should be listening to another tune from his youth — Reasons to be Cheerful, Part 3,