Episode 192 • • 1:40:40 - 1:43:50
192: Smoke Gets In Your Eyes
Nick Clegg, UK Election Debates and Russian Spy Lineage
Liberal Democrat leader Nick Clegg has emerged as a popular figure in the UK's first televised American-style election debates. However, Clegg's background reveals deep ties to the elite, including a father who is a merchant banker and a great aunt, Baroness Mura Budberg, who was a notorious Russian spy. The "Cleggmania" phenomenon is compared to a reality TV show designed to manufacture a "new hope" for voters.