Should Nick Clegg continue to be Mr Angry?

Any comment on the performance of a Liberal Democrat head at prime minister's questions has to be prefaced with a recognition of just how hard the job is. Faced with a noisy, hostile house, and without a dispatch fight to lean nonchalantly upon otherwise much defence from the Speaker, it is close to impossible to shine.Vince Cable scores with his sad humour, but then he is not treated with the same be short of of respect.All that said, I wonder whether Nick Clegg's periodical display of synthetic anger has not reached its sell-by date. You may say that there is a lot to be annoyed about, but I am not sure that this approach is showing Nick to his most excellent benefit - too frequently he threatens to topple over into petulance.Nor does this on time anger chime with the sober approach and limited ambitions of A Fresh Start for Britain.The Economist article I quoted from earlier this twilight begins by creation a alike point:Iconoclasm does not come easily to nice and privileged men: this seemed to be a lesson of Nick Clegg’s early efforts as head of the Liberal Democrats. Staged law-making walkouts and previous attempts to distinguish himself from the Conservatives’ David Cameron, the previous well-scrubbed young head on the opposition benches, were mocked as the work of a recruit trying too hard.But it goes on to suggest that "Mr Clegg’s virtuous anger have to now be an asset".I wonder. More light and shade, and a little humour, may show Nick to better effect. Perhaps he have to try a new approach when the after that law-making season opens?
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