CTJT Mentor student Samson Dada discovered LibDem leader Nick Clegg's real views about his political rivals - last August!

Clegg is currently deciding whether to back the Conservatives or Labour to form the next government - and his party's ideology is under scrutiny like never before.

But Samson found out his real position in an interview for his blog nine months ago - when the Tories were riding high in the polls.

He asked Mr Clegg: 'Out of Labour and the Conservatives, which party is closer to the ideals and values of the Liberal Democrats?'

In a telling response, Clegg replied: 'I think they’re closer to each other! Both are fundamentally parties of the establishment who won’t change anything fundamental about the way our country works and that’s why nothing ever really changes when they’re in government.

'Liberal Democrats are different – we want a fresh start, a better way of doing things and an end to the same old mistakes.'

His remarks are pertinent at a time when he is poised to join the establishment.

Samson, 17, interviewed Clegg for The Dada Interviews, in which he has quizzed leading national and local politicians.