I found the Cleggs more glibberish than gibberish. However, Cleggs being Cleggs are what they are to the beholder: fried, scrambled, over-easy, even poached.

I have the same concerns with privacy vs. security as anyone else but this issue is not helped by whiney punks who spout about the most spied upon state and such. 

1st. If you really lived in a police state you would now be in prison or dead. 

2nd. As for the "most" try North Korea or Syria you idiots. The KGB (remember them?) estimated that Syria had so may agents that 1 out of every 242 was a spy, nearly all watching each other and Syrian civilians. The UK and US have security issues for sure, and because of that are trying to deal with this and privacy at the same time. They will likely get this wrong a few times before it's right. 

Having some idiot stand by and spout gibberish, all while having not one clue about what they are talking about is faintly annoying. I suggest going to Iran and stand on a street corner and protest something.