I Agree with Nick (2010)

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The “I Agree With Nick” catchphrase arose after the airing of the UK Election Debate on the 15th of April 2010, where many polls declared Nick Clegg, leader of the Liberal Democrats the winner. David Cameron and Gordon Brown, the other party leaders participating in the debate, appeared to be falling over themselves trying to win Clegg’s support. The words “I agree with Nick” were uttered several times by Gordon Brown. Soon many journalists were using the catchphrase, and within a week many “I Agree With Nick” merchandise was already for sale on websites such as Zazzle.co.uk. Oliver Burkeman in the Guardian wrote

“Obama had ‘Yes we can’. Clegg has ‘I agree with Nick’ Obama as a youth, flirted with hard drugs. Clegg set fire to a cactus”

Aftermath
Clegg’s support rose sharply after the debate, with some polls even putting him ahead of his opponents.

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Alexander Grey
Jun 19, 2010 at 10:53PM UTC , Alexander Grey wrote:

Actually, the Lib Dems increased their share of the vote from the 2005 election, the First Past the Post electoral system just translated that into less seats in the Commons.

I think this could potentially classify as a meme, however it was very short lived and seems to have been confined to politics blogs and more web-savvy political people. It had too much of a limited scope to really spread.

Dinner
May 13, 2010 at 05:01PM UTC , Dinner wrote:

Shame.

PastaDisaster
May 13, 2010 at 04:14PM UTC , PastaDisaster wrote:

Turned out that not that many people agreed with Nick. Shame.

Dinner
Apr 22, 2010 at 07:33AM UTC , Dinner wrote:

Yes but if I put cacti I would be misquoting.

bhbogue
Apr 21, 2010 at 11:06PM UTC , bhbogue wrote:

No, cacti is the plural of cactus.

Dinner
Apr 20, 2010 at 06:18PM UTC , Dinner wrote:

I know, I should have thought first. Sorry.

Techercizer
Apr 20, 2010 at 05:47PM UTC , Techercizer wrote:

How does this depend on the internet to spread? It seems like it uses television and newspapers much more.

Dinner
Apr 20, 2010 at 04:25PM UTC , Dinner wrote:

I agree with Lanthus.

Lanthus
Apr 20, 2010 at 04:21PM UTC , Lanthus wrote:

Oops, then I apologize…
It’s a good article but still more of a real life slogan meme than anything else.

Dinner
Apr 20, 2010 at 04:16PM UTC , Dinner wrote:

He said it, not me!

Lanthus
Apr 20, 2010 at 04:14PM UTC , Lanthus wrote:

Seems too IRL
Ps Cacti not Cactus’

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