Former deputy prime minister Sir Nick Clegg has given an exclusive Talk Show interview to The Independent editor-in-chief Geordie Greig. Sir Nick, deputy prime minister in the 2010-15 Conservative-Lib Dem coalition government, spoke exclusively to The Independent as part of its Europe: The Way Back campaign to mark the tenth anniversary of the UK’s decision to leave the EU. Sir Nick compared Brexit to a “massive cardiac arrest”. “Much of the rest of the world has had to deal with things like Covid, wars in Ukraine, Iran and so on,” said Sir Nick. “But no other country has punched itself in the face quite so forcefully as we have done over the last 10 to 20 years. Watch the full 50-minute interview on this page. Join our Europe: The Way Back community by subscribing to unlock expert analysis and opinion, and sign up to receive our free weekly newsletter on Europe from our politics experts David Maddox and Millie Cooke.