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The Liberal Democrat leader uses a question and answer session with activists to reveal he tied the knot 12 years ago today. Hopes of becoming the first political leader in the top 40 are dashed when remix of his tuition fees apology only managed to reach 143. All proceeds from the single will go to Sheffield Children's Hospital, which counts Miriam as a patron.
Nick Clegg clearly suffered when the spoof musical version of his apology for breaking his promise not to raise university fees was played on the Andrew Marr show. Trying to laugh it off, he managed: ‘It’s catchy, very catchy.’ Mr Clegg has given permission for the track to be released in aid of charity. Last night it was at 143 in the singles chart. Scroll down for video. Awkward: Liberal Democrat leader Nick Clegg grimaces as the remix of his videoed apology for breaking his manifesto promise not to raise tuition fees is played on the Andrew Marr show. Following his interview with political journalist Mr Marr, the Deputy Prime Minister was asked during a Lib Dem conference Q&A what he would do if the song reached number one in the pop charts. But it was his decision to apologise for promising to block a rise in tuition fees – subsequently broken after the coalition was formed – which dominated the hour long session, during which he also revealed yesterday was his wedding anniversary. Uppermost in people’s minds was the idea that the hilarious remix of his ‘sorry’ video – in which he appeared to sing his apology – was set to make him the first Cabinet minister to have a single in the top 40. Questions about how Nick Clegg would celebrate if his remixed apology video topped the charts proved academic - the song by satirical website The Poke only reached 143. Nick Clegg Says I'm Sorry (the. Autotune remix) stormed up the iTunes chart after its release on Friday. night, reaching number 35 ahead of the likes of Kanye West and Carly Rae. Jepson. But when Radio 1 DJ Reggie Yates announced the official chart tonight, Mr Clegg was nowhere to be seen. Based on record sales for the entire. week, it seems the release of the Clegg song late on Friday night came. too late to make an impression on the record-buying public. It scraped into the top 150 after the. Lib Dem leader gave permission to the track's creator, satirical website. www.thepoke.co.uk, to release it as a single. Mr Clegg told the conference: 'Just. when I thought life couldn't get any stranger, a video of me gets. remixed and becomes a YouTube sensation.' All profits from the song's success. will be given to Sheffield Children's NHS Foundation Trust, of which his. wife Miriam is a patron. The Script held on to their number one. slot with Hall of Fame despite a late challenge from YouTube sensation. Psy whose Gangnam Style climbed 13 places since midweek to land at. Number 3. The established pop acts left the Deputy Prime Minister trailing. Mr Clegg admitted he found the mocking. remix of his tuition fees apology 'amusing' as he defended the decision. to say sorry two years after breaking the pledge to vote against any. rise in university charges. Lib Dem activists applauded when Nick Clegg announced it was the 12th anniversary of tyring the knot with Miriam. Opinion in Brighton was split over. whether the apology was the right thing to do, with many activists still. signed up to the idea of abolishing tuition fees. But Mr Clegg defended the apology, filmed at his home in Putney, south west London. He told delegates in the conference. hall: 'I hope with the passage of time more people reaise that the. system which is coming into effect is not as pernicious as it was. thought.’ But he was challenged by one activist. who pointed out that before the 2010 general election Mr Clegg had. promised the Lib Dems would be the party that did not break promises,. ‘and then first thing we did was break a promise’. Whose round is it? Nick Clegg gets the drinks in. Mr Clegg insisted: ‘To my dying day I firmly believe we did the right thing by going into government.’ He later stumbled on his words when. referring to the economic plight of other European countries, telling. the audience he mentioned Spain’s woes in trepidation because his. Spanish wife Miriam had just arrived. But he saved his strongest words to. confirm his determination to block 'wild' Tory demands for another. £10billion to be slashed off the benefit bill after 2015. 'I know there are some people in this. hall who think that someone in government is itching to bite out bigger. chunks of public spending during this spending review period, which. extends from now till April 2015.' The Cleggs toasted their anniversary with soft drinks in the Hilton Hotel, Brighton. He added: 'Let me be really clear - we are going to stick to the spending plans. When we look for additional savings in the years ahead the Lib Dems will start at the top and work. 'What I can assure you is that we will not allow some of these wild suggestions that have been made from the right of British politics, that all the savings can be made from welfare. "Let's just scoop out a great £10 billion size hole for welfare". No. 'Nor will I accept some of the wilder suggestions that we should just wave a wand and say we'll put a freeze on all benefits for two years across the whole piece.'