Miriam joins the campaign trail

Nick Clegg was joined by his wife Miriam Gonzalez Durantez on the campaign trail today.

Nick and Miriam went to Whirlow Hall Farm in his Sheffield Hallam constituency to try their hand at dry stone walling.

Much of the media this past week has been focussed on the leaders' wives. Whilst SamCam and Sarah Brown have been on the campaign trail pretty much from the start, Miriam has a full time job which she cannot abandon for the election.

In today's Times, Nick says:

"I would like to be with Miriam every minute of the day but she loves her job and I love mine."

But now that the weekend has come around, Miriam has been keen to get straight out on the campaign trail to support Nick.