Nick Clegg Talks to GMTV

Lib Dem leader and Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg told GMTV that he believed the coalition Government had "hit the ground running" after 100 days in power.
 
Speaking on the breakfast TV show, Mr Clegg responded to the results of a GMTV survey which suggested there has been a drop in support for the coalition Government.
 
Mr Clegg said: “It’s extraordinarily early to start judging whether this coalition has been successful or not. I think we hit the ground running, I think we have actually introduced more reforms in 100 days than the last government did in 13 years - political reforms,  reforms to improve the NHS, to improve your schools, changes to the tax systems, to pensions that we’ve talked about. I think these are things I’m really, really proud of. But do I think it matters what we all think about now? What really matters is how we feel in five years' time. Have we sorted out the economy? Are there jobs? Do people feel that we’re living in a fairer country? That is the acid test and that is what I am working towards."
 
Mr Clegg added there was no choice about the spending cuts to come, remarking: “There’s nothing fair about handing on our debts onto the next generation. So one way or another, you’ve got to try and bring this debt down.”