From our We Told You So desk:

The deconstruction of British Liberal Democrat shooting star Nick Clegg has gone from zero-to-wrecking-ball in 24 hours. As Thursday’s Mail Online reported:

A rattled Nick Clegg today sought to defend himself over his claim that the British people have a ‘more insidious cross to bear’ than Germany over World War II.

The Lib Dem leader attempted to laugh off criticism of his astonishing attack on our national pride – in which he said we suffered ‘delusions of grandeur’ and a ‘misplaced sense of superiority’ over having defeated the horrors of Nazism.

Campaigning ahead of tonight’s crucial second live TV showdown with party leaders, Mr Clegg said: ‘I must be the only politician who has gone from being Churchill to being a Nazi in under a week.’

No, you’re forgetting Barack Obama post-inauguration.

But why get technical about it?