We must rebalance our foreign policy that is over-reliant on the US  

Nick Clegg said:   “Gordon Brown and David Cameron want to pretend that foreign policy is not an issue at the General Election. Gordon Brown doesn’t want to remind voters of the disastrous decision to go to war in Iraq. David Cameron doesn’t want to remind voters that he is friendless in Europe.   “The real truth is that the future of British foreign policy is as much in the balance as the future of our economy, or the future of our political system.   “This election is an opportunity to turn the page on the Labour-Conservative consensus on foreign policy which has been in place since the Suez crisis: one of following what the White House wants rather than leadership in Europe and the world.   “Of course our relationship with the US is of immense importance, but that should not mean that Britain unquestionably does what America...