article_snippet: Nick Clegg insisted that Nick Clegg 'plucky party' can defy the polls and declared the era of single-party politics is over .
article_snippet: Later Nick Clegg insisted that his 'plucky party' can defy the polls and declared the era of single-party politics is overthe polls .
article_snippet: Nick Clegg said that in the '50 or 60' seats where his 'plucky party' had an MP or an effective presence on the ground they were doing far better than opinion polls suggested.
article_snippet: On a visit to Solihull, a knife-edge marginal with a Lib Dem majority of just 175, Nick Clegg said people would hear his 'plucky party''s side of the story during the campaign.
article_snippet: On a visit to the Brueton Park nature reserve in the constituency, the first stop of the campaign tour, Nick Clegg insisted Nick Clegg 'plucky party' could defy the polls.
article_snippet: Nick Clegg said: 'What you have got to ask is how are we doing in those 50, 60 seats where we have MPs, we have campaigners, we have councillors. '
article_snippet: Speaking before visiting the Queen the Queen this morning, Nick Clegg told reporters: 'It is my view that the era of single-party government is now over in British politics.'
article_snippet: Nick Clegg said the Tory/Lib Dem coalition formed in 2010 was a 'historic government' which was formed at a time of 'national economic emergency' and had got the economy growing again. '
highlights_snippet: Nick Clegg insists Nick Clegg 'plucky party' can defy the polls on May 7 . 