Nick Clegg's wife has insisted the couple cope with all the political barbs directed at her husband by "standing together" and by not taking them too seriously.
Miriam Gonzalez Durantez has hit the campaign trail, claiming the Liberal Democrats "deserve" to be re-elected in May after putting the country above their party for five years "at great personal cost".
In yet another soft-focus campaign interview, this time for ITV's Tonight programme, Ms Gonzalez Durantez explained how the Cleggs came under a lot of pressure to move into a grace and favour government-run house when the Coalition was formed but refused to do so.
"If you look at it with perspective it has been the best decision for all of us and, if I may(say), also for Nick as well, because you can see how politicians sometimes can get in a bubble and be completely distant from normal society and if you're in your house in your neighbourhood, it's much easier really."
Asked about how she coped with the personal abuse heaped on her husband, she replied: "Just like any other marriage; we just stand together and it's not any more of a difficulty than what many others have to go through and, you know, you should never take it too seriously."
Questioned about the negative headlines, Mr Clegg said: "I don't read all the papers."
Why are you making commenting on The Herald only available to subscribers?
It should have been a safe space for informed debate, somewhere for readers to discuss issues around the biggest stories of the day, but all too often the below the line comments on most websites have become bogged down by off-topic discussions and abuse.
heraldscotland.com is tackling this problem by allowing only subscribers to comment.
We are doing this to improve the experience for our loyal readers and we believe it will reduce the ability of trolls and troublemakers, who occasionally find their way onto our site, to abuse our journalists and readers. We also hope it will help the comments section fulfil its promise as a part of Scotland's conversation with itself.
We are lucky at The Herald. We are read by an informed, educated readership who can add their knowledge and insights to our stories.
That is invaluable.
We are making the subscriber-only change to support our valued readers, who tell us they don't want the site cluttered up with irrelevant comments, untruths and abuse.
In the past, the journalist’s job was to collect and distribute information to the audience. Technology means that readers can shape a discussion. We look forward to hearing from you on heraldscotland.com
Comments & Moderation
Readers’ comments: You are personally liable for the content of any comments you upload to this website, so please act responsibly. We do not pre-moderate or monitor readers’ comments appearing on our websites, but we do post-moderate in response to complaints we receive or otherwise when a potential problem comes to our attention. You can make a complaint by using the ‘report this post’ link . We may then apply our discretion under the user terms to amend or delete comments.
Post moderation is undertaken full-time 9am-6pm on weekdays, and on a part-time basis outwith those hours.
Read the rules hereComments are closed on this article