Clegg has been busy blaming everyone but himself and his party’s internal structures on LBC this morning. Asked twice about child rape charge councillor Ryan Hope, count the number of times Clegg blames the “local party” for the communication screw up.

Laughing while talking about such a dark case hardly sends the best message either.

[gigya src=”https://s3.amazonaws.com/boos.audioboo.fm/swf/fullsize_player.swf” flashvars=”mp3=https%3A%2F%2Faudioboo.fm%2Fboos%2F1886342-clegg-on-libdem-sex-scandals.mp3%3Fsource%3Dwordpress&mp3Author=WikiGuido&mp3Duration=84.088&mp3LinkURL=https%3A%2F%2Faudioboo.fm%2Fboos%2F1886342-clegg-on-libdem-sex-scandals&mp3Time=09.26am+30+Jan+2014&mp3Title=Clegg+on+LibDem+sex+scandals” width=”480″ height=”160″ allowFullScreen=”true” wmode=”transparent”]Amusingly, Clegg went on to say:

“Of course I am not sitting on any allegations that have yet to come to light, I would never do that.”

Of course, Deputy Prime Minister.