You are being too polite, Clegg has long been a campaigner for an elected second chamber and stated after his GE defeat that "ermine was not his thing".
http://www.independent.co.uk/voices/nick-clegg-house-of-lords-unelected-upper-house-election-defeat-lib-dems-a7788031.html
Politicians should...
You're being too coy, you should set up a public campaign supporting this knighthood what with the tsunami of support you have been given on this thread.
The naysayers have, so you have no time to lose......good luck...
His talent for ignoring child abuse would definitely put him into the inner circle of today's political and institutional establishment.
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2013/feb/27/nick-clegg-ignored-letters-lawyers-cyril-smith
Bravo Nick.