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: The British prime minister's race may have gone to a US-style debate system, with Lib Dem insurgent Nick Clegg the main beneficiary, but can you imagine any American presidential candidate admitting that he had read Waiting for Godot a hundred times (much less writing a newspaper essay celebrating it)?
News Junkies
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And do not forget that Ferry's bandmate Brian Eno is Nick Clegg's youth affairs adviser.
Archive 2008-11-01
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Reuters There is said by various parts of the media to be 'Cleggmania' in the country.
Amid Volcanic Ash, Rises Nick Clegg
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But Gordon Brown will have been disappointed by Clegg's comments as they appearsto scupper any chance of a Lib-Lab pact that would keep him in Downing Street.
Epolitix News
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An election that was initially greeted with general disinterest has since been transformed into one that has gripped the nation, due in no small part to the jolt of energy provided by the unexpected, and game changing, emergence of Nick Clegg and the 'Cleggmania' he inspired.
UK Election: Candidates Make Final Push For Votes
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Cameron made no secret of his plans before the election but the Liberal Democrat approach to macroeconomic policy was broadly similar to Labour's until Clegg flip-flopped the weekend after polling day.
Cuts offer Ed Miliband an open goal
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You can find more about Clegg Hall, its history and its boggart in this article.
Archive 2009-02-01
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I think you owe an apology to Clegg.
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Curtains to danglers… Valerie Clegg reckons her special curtain hook invention will mean a neater look that will appeal to the houseproud.
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In a direct swipe at his brother, Ed, who used a Guardian article on Monday to lambast Nick Clegg for selling out Liberal principles, the shadow foreign secretary will criticise what he calls a patchwork approach to building electoral support.
David Miliband takes 'comfort zone' swipe at Ed in Labour leadership fight
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I do not think that the conduct of the Inspectors towards Mr Clegg taken as a whole can be said to be unfair.
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I think you owe an apology to Clegg.
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But that was before "Cleggmania" swept the country.
'Cleggmania' Sweeps Britain, Liberal Democrats Surge In Polls
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The Conservative leader tells the paper that while he was "outflanked" by Clegg in the TV debate, voters will dismiss the Lib Dems as a serious contender once they learn more about the party's policies. says Labour is now "wooing" Clegg "in earnest" amid mouting speculation there will be a hung parlaiment.
The Guardian World News
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Gregor Clegane was one of the casting tapes for Gregor from a 7 foot tall stunt actor named Conan Stevens? he is the curent fan favorite over at the westros board
And Now For Something Completely Different...
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Jodi Cleghorn is glad of her ability to gestate this column at the 11th hour, while cooking dinner, bathing her son and attempting to remain sane in the domestic maelstrom.
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But despite the show of unity, Britain remained in political limbo with Cameron holding the most seats in parliament, Brown still in nominal power and Clegg the so-called kingmaker following Thursday's vote.
The Times of India
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The Tory whips couldn't stop – or didn't even bother trying to stop – Conservative MPs from monstering Nick Clegg.
His calamity cabinet must be the despair of David Cameron | Andrew Rawnsley
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He reminded his frantically puffing audience that smoking was a well-known antidote to the predations of the great horse fly, or cleg.
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Above for your enjoyment, via Ridiculous Politics, is the famous Calamity Clegg dossier from clubable Buff Huhne.
Libdemologists: Hoaxer Leech Finally Makes His Mind Up
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Clegg would be advised to read that Tory memo leaked to Newsnight, and implement his own version smartish.
Lib Dem MEP: Israeli government fundamentally racist
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Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg yesterday visited Tottenham, which has one of the biggest concentrations of Afro- Caribbeans in Britain.
BusinessWeek.com -- Top News
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Then Mr. Clegg sailed the Yacht with his wife and family on board on a cruise lasting about eight days to Falmouth, Alderney and back to Poole.
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The Liberal Democrats can "hardwire" fairness into British society through reform of the tax system, Nick Clegg has said at the launch of his party's manifesto.
The Latest From www.politics.co.uk
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You could actually feel the delicious muscle tetany spasming through Clegg's jaw as he fought to control the Coitus reservatus for after PMQs.
Vote Clegg Get Brown
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All right," called Cleghorn, giving a few strokes of the pump, but never taking his eyes from the lustred pots.
The Collectors
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Brian has various pieces of evidence for this, but the most incontrovertible is that the review says at one point Clegg offers tips on how to prepare a worm sandwich.
Worms on toast
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Harriet Harman, Labour's deputy leader, claimed that Mr Clegg had "hawked" his way around university campuses seeking student votes ahead of the general election, but had since been
Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph
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PC Clegg said the woman's husband left her on account of her drinking habits and then she commenced to lead an unchaste life.
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Mrs Clegg realised there was a nest in her roof after seeing a couple of wasps fly in and out of a small gap above the back bedroom window, a gap she claims the council left after altering the house 10 years ago.
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Incidentally, Lloyd, why do you call the sag-faced moron 'Gordon' when you refer to Dave as 'Cameron' and Clegg as 'Clegg'.
Tony Blair: The Next Labour Prime Minister?
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People found guilty of obtaining personal details by deception - known as "blagging" - should be jailed, Deputy PM Nick Clegg has said.
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The truth is that Nick Clegg is not really the person who most aggrieves stroppy Tory MPs.
Stroppy Tories seem to have forgotten they didn't actually win | Andrew Rawnsley
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I am saddended that in today's CiF Observer offering we have to deal with not only the apologist and excuser of all things coalition, Mr Rawnsley, but also are being subjected to the one sided outpourings of Mr Cameron and an inexplicably fawning article on Nick Clegg by Mr Porter and that's about it as far as the coverage of this weeks mismanagement of the country by our coalition government goes.
Project Merlin: Mr Osborne's paltry deal with the banks insults the taxpayer | Observer editorial
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The consensus scorecard for the final set-to on Thursday had Cameron the winner, Clegg a close second and Brown -- the biggest loser in the Clegg boomlet -- a distant third.
Why Britain's American-style election will have un-American consequences
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How can anyone trust David 'charlatan' Cameron and nick 'deceitful' Clegg again after they have systematically lied and pulled the wool over peoples eyes over the catastrophic and idealogical driven cuts that will stymy any hope if economic recovery and will hurt peoples living standards harder than at any time in Britain's history.
The spotlight begins to shine on the coalition's flaws and faultlines | Andrew Rawnsley
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Cameron, a self-described conservative "modernizer" who has embraced gay rights and "green" policies, agreed to give the post of deputy prime minister to the Liberal Democrats 'leader, Nicholas Clegg, a champion of the poor.
David Cameron is Britain's new prime minister
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Can't Clegg insist that it is included in Hansard?
David Cameron as Flashman
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President-Elect Michael Clegg solicited proposals for annual meetings of the Society in 2002 and 2003.
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Despite the loss of more than 500 English council seats, 13 Scottish parliament seats and one in the Welsh assembly, there is no sign of any half-serious move against Clegg's leadership.
After election battle, bruised Clegg seeks distance from Tory partners
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A) The Nick Clegg novelty bounce at first plateaued and now has eroded -- or "punctured" -- in the last week of the campaign.
William E. Jackson Jr.: Is the Prime Minister Becoming More Presidential?
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John BaxterBerkhamsted, Hertfordshire• Nick Clegg and his Lib Dem ministerial colleagues must be dangerously naive if they think that a quick volte-face, with the imprimatur of Clegg's "personal" authority, on the key ingredients of the health bill, is going to wash with their outraged foot soldiers.
Letters: Thoughts and reflections on the NHS
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Mr Clegg's hope that his colleague will clear his name "rapidly" so that he can "return to play a key role in government as soon as possible" was notably not echoed by David Cameron.
Why more of the Lib Dems now want to be like Chris Huhne | Andrew Rawnsley
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Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg yesterday visited Tottenham, which has one of the biggest concentrations of Afro- Caribbeans in Britain.
BusinessWeek.com -- Top News
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Mr Clegg, 82, has lived just around the corner from where the camera is sited for 49 years.
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Cameron (+48) has dragged Clegg (+10) rightwards, Ed Miliband is -45, average voters -1.
Michael White's diary
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Like everything else the Lib-Dem's have been involved in so far in this godawful government this is a cack handed mess and Clegg et al have nobody to blame but themselves for making themselves so noxious and toxic their mere involvement practicaly dooms it to failure.
Constitutional reform: Alternative currents | Editorial
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Some people think "Cleggmania" is a passing fad, including Jonathan Roper, 22, a shop assistant from Birmingham, who recently plunked down five pounds at a betting shop near Westminster.
In wager-happy Britain, 2010 becoming the year of the political bet
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Mr Clegg, the Deputy Prime Minister, became the first senior Government minister to appear on television to talk about the riots - which he described as "needless, opportunist theft and violence" - since they erupted on Saturday night.
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Mr Clegg junior, said Arbuthnot, was due at any moment, to explain the details of the proposed repairs; and lo !
THE FIVE MILLION DOLLAR PRINCE
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Usually they are called clegs, horse-flies or gad-flies, without referring to one specific species.
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Well, whatever anyone says I am going to miss the comprehensive spending review because, in the end, it turned out to be so fun, going round the big table at Chequers with everyone shouting out ideas for the last billion of cuts, absolutely hilarious, and anyone who hesitated or mentioned bankers had to do a forfeit, which is why poor Cleggsy had to stay and clean the swimming pool.
The Guardian World News
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The heat was great, and the clegs and other flying torments were having a grand time at our expense.
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Much of last week, for Britain, was wasted while David Cameron pottered around the Middle East with a posse of arms manufacturers and Nick Clegg strapped his half-term skis on.
Libya: Gaddafi's cronies must desert or be damned | Observer editorial
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It is true that the Labour party that now presses this case once rigged the NHS rules in favour of private providers, and also that Mr Clegg, who is now charged with seeing to it that it prevails, has said disobliging things about the health service in the past.
Health service: the concession that counts
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The culprit is Burson-Marsteller chief executive and oft-mocked Clintonista Mark Penn, who today writes that "Cleggmania" will soon be coming to these shores, with the same indefatigable certainty as other U.K. exports, like "Torchwood" and "knifecrime.
UK Elections Inspire Witless Microtrends From Mark Penn
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Iraq inquiry being 'suffocated' - Lib Dem leader Clegg
WN.com - Articles related to US 'did not believe Britain would refuse to send forces to Iraq'
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Perhaps Iain, with his post, is being his usual naughty scampish self and, in the nicest possible way, trying to make things just a little more difficult for the Lib Dems by suggesting political momentum for Clegg?
The Only LibDem With a Smile on His Face This Morning
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Clegg's victory on the debate clapometer didn't translate into parliamentary seats, the
The Guardian World News
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The thought of the play brought a shade of despair to his brow -- pretty Miss Clegg was in the party with that "mucker" Medford.
Jane Cable
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That may be the longer-term significance of yesterday's initiative – and in time it will have to involve Mr Clegg as well.
AV referendum: Building bridges | Editorial
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The findings of the present study lend support to Clegg's call for increased investment in supervision as a strategy for reducing the negative impact of stress and burnout among nurses.
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Because we draw our national leader from Parliament rather than electing him or her directly, Liberals and Tories are doffing their caps to Nick Clegg and David Cameron in the hope of office and sinecures, rather than scrutinising their policies, just as Labour MPs doffed theirs to Blair and Gordon Brown.
We need electoral reform, not this Liberal fudge
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I am saddened that in today's CiF Observer offering we have to deal with not only the apologist and excuser of all things coalition, Mr Rawnsley, but also are being subjected to the one sided outpourings of Mr Cameron and an inexplicably fawning article on Nick Clegg by Mr Porter and that's about it as far as the coverage of this weeks mismanagement of the country by our coalition government goes.
The spotlight begins to shine on the coalition's flaws and faultlines | Andrew Rawnsley
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Two months after Nick Clegg told MPs the coalition would deliver on its pledge to end the controversial practice, Damian Green, the immigration minister, has revealed that the government only intended to "minimise" the number of child detainees.
Government climbdown on detention of children in immigration centres
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And maybe nobody should point out that the "modern communication" innovation that has thus far stoked "Cleggmania" was the decision to televise a political debate.
UK Elections Inspire Witless Microtrends From Mark Penn
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The special advisers Cockerell meets will be worth noting – David Cameron was one not long ago, as were Nick Clegg, George Osborne, Ed Balls and both Milibands.
Tonight's TV highlights: Midsomer Murders | Vacation, Vacation, Vacation | Superscrimpers: Waste Not Want Not | The Secret World Of Whitehall | Fringe | Chop Suey
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Clegg, near Wardle, and the surrounding area is shrouded in mystery.
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Nick Clegg knows that he will look terrible and his party will be in uproar if he dishonours the pledges he made in opposition.
The fierce battle behind the scenes for the coalition's soul
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This is necessary: the playful veneer displayed by Clegg and Cameron at their rose garden press conference last week overlies great uncertainties.
The public wants a ceasefire, so let's give peace a chance
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Nick Clegg , the party's leader and the deputy prime minister , is different , and followers know it.
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This was despite the fact that the deputy prime minister, Nick Clegg, made clear in March last year that unaccompanied children who arrived in Britain "should be referred to the nearest local authority on arrival to ensure that they receive the same standard of care and support as any other child in need".
Child trafficking victims bounced back to France within hours of arrival in UK
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It is, of course, the midges and the clegs who present the major problem to the Scottish naturist.
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Liberal Democrat leader Nick Clegg has unveiled his party's manifesto, claiming his four priorities of fair taxes, a fair chance for every child, a fair economy and fair politics would "hardwire" fairness into British society.
The Latest From www.inthenews.co.uk
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• Nick Clegg's topspin in defence of Sheffield city council's dodgy 2011 budget didn't save the ruling Lib Dem group in last week's elections.
Hugh Muir's diary
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Poor old Clegg (NI) spent years in gaol before we discovered there was no proof it was his bullet that killed anyone.
7/7 Bombs – Police To Blame SHOCK! « POLICE INSPECTOR BLOG
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Much of last week, for Britain, was wasted while David Cameron pottered around the Middle East with a posse of arms manufacturers and Nick Clegg strapped his half-term skis on.
Libya: Gaddafi's cronies must desert or be damned | Observer editorial
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Tony WintersStourbridge, Staffordshire• In the aftermath of last Thursday's election results Comment, 7 May, given that first-past-the-post determines the winner and Nick Clegg remains nominal Lib Dem leader, the only question worth asking is which of the pair, Clegg or Cameron, will win the race to break their yoke?
Letters: Thoughts and reflections on the NHS
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As someone pointed out to me, the Sunday Mirror's exclusive about Nick Clegg slagging off his shadown cabinet colleagues whilst on a flight to Inverness is obviously true.
Archive 2008-12-01
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His aides later conceded that the proposals will put him in a better position with the Liberal Democrat membership, if not its leader, Nick Clegg, to form some kind of postelection partnership if a hung parliament emerges, still the most likely outcome according to most polls.
Latest news from the public and voluntary sectors, including health, children, local government and social care, plus SocietyGuardian jobs | guardian.co.uk
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I take a notepad everywhere I go, have a tiny pad in my purse – with biro – and am not usually far away from my laptop. .god bless laptops … only wish I could justify roaming internet … jodicleghorn permalink
Mere Possibilities « Write Anything
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In Cannock Chase, outside Birmingham, England, the Lib Dems lost five of seven council seats, and councilor Diane Bennett believes Mr. Clegg should resign.
U.K.'s Junior Partner Looks for a Rebound
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How can such a dismal picture not matter to voters more than the issue of whether Mr. Clegg looks more relaxed than Mr. Cameron, or which of them has the foxier wife?
It's Not the Economy, Stupid, It's the Urge to Kick Politicians
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In his grandpa jeans, Nick Clegg looks like a bandy-legged postman who has just got the sack.
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David Cameron, the prime minister, and his deputy Nick Clegg urging them not to "jeopardise
Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph
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But most of the walk was a weary exercise in plodding along the old military road, warily eyeing up the murky clouds while midges attacked me and clegs took chunks out of my legs.
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If that sounds unprogressive to you then you are in good company: both Mr Cameron and Nick Clegg described VAT as regressive before the election.
VAT at 20%: A very deliberate choice | Editorial
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ITV is likely to call the ITN newsreader Alastair Stewart to quiz Gordon Brown, David Cameron and Nick Clegg.
New Statesman
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It is, of course, the midges and the clegs who present the major problem to the Scottish naturist.
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Authorities say an explosive device, variously described as pyrotechnics or fireworks, shattered internal windows in a basement room at the Morosani Posthotel, about 1,000 yards from the conference center where former President Bill Clinton, French President Nicolas Sarkozy and British Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg were set to speak.
Small Blast Rattles Davos Nerves
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Women might well feel they have common cause with Britain's third largest party the centrist Liberal Democrats, led by Nick Clegg, who did well in opinion polls ahead of polling day, but whose performance in the final vote (the party won fewer seats than in the last general election five years ago) did not echo their levels of popularity, known as Cleggmania, during the campaign.
NewsBlaze.com Current News - Top Stories
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Not many cartoonists could be described as cuddly, although But it's good to see the Lib Dems in full flow; if you want to make a cartoonist work for his money, there's nothing like a Lib Dem conference and an exciting Nick Clegg speech making references to Vince Washisname etc.
Telegraph Blogs
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But since Salman's murder he has been unable to write a word 'Human cannonball' plunges to his death as safety net fails at Kent fairground Take responsibility, Arsene, and admit the Gunners have problems Nick Clegg joins in at last to attack 'dinosaurs who are against AV' London is royal party capital: Wills and Kate thrilled by plans for 2,000 outdoor celebrations
Evening Standard - Home
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Shipley replied with two quick goals before strikes from Robbie Robinson and Danny Clegg rounded off the win.
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And the more the public see of the fey, metrosexual roistering of "Posh & Cleggs" in the Downing Street rose garden, the sooner Labour will return to power.
Tristram Hunt's election: a new boy lost within a Gothic Wonderland
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Nick Clegg's U-turn on student fees is a trivial peccadillo compared with his infinitely more damaging U-turn on public spending.
The Coalition and the Constitution by Vernon Bogdanor – review
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Mr Clegg insisted that "alarm clock Britain," which he described as the "aspirant middle classes" who were not comfortably off but worked hard to get ahead, would also benefit from putting action on social mobility at the heart of social policy.
Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph
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One that already sounds anachronistic is Cleggmania, alongside its cousin its cousin, Cleggstasy, both of which only seem to be referred to in the past tense in common parlance these days.
Simples! Aleksandr the Meerkat gives the dictionary his word
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While Gordon Brown hasn't quite gone for "loopy" - this morning he mostly ignored Clegg
Politics news, UK and world political comment and analysis | guardian.co.uk
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There is said by various parts of the media to be "Cleggmania" in the country, particularly among young voters, although as yet the scenes don't really compare with the footage of The Beatles being chased around by their fans.
Amid Volcanic Ash, Rises Nick Clegg
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But as Nick Clegg has given the country yet another barrel full of fish this time trying to shove it along on a bandwagon provided by The Sun it would have been remiss of them to let it pass by unshot.
Charlie Brooker: Clegg babbled about Alarm Clock Britain. Miliband invented The Squeezed Middle. What's next – Feety Folk?
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Nick Clegg will open a new front in his criticism of David Cameron on Monday by mocking his "1950s view" of the traditional British family, in which the "suit-wearing dad" is the breadwinner and the "aproned" mother the homemaker.
Nick Clegg mocks Conservatives over '1950s view' of British family
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5. Joining the Liberal Democrat Party as an entrist and proposing/supporting a vote of no confidence against Nick Clegg.
The Guardian World News
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The clegs were in good form tonight, and they were proving annoying so I sprayed on Skin So Soft.
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Britain's new Conservative-Liberal-Dem coalition of David Cameron and Nick Clegg vow to slash the monstrous deficit it inherited from the former Blair-Brown Labour government that left Britain drowning in red ink.
Eric Margolis: BRITAIN MAY PULL THE PLUG ON THE ROYAL NAVY
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On Clegg's red tape hit list is the requirement of shops to hold a poisons license if they sell kitchen descaler and forms that need to be filled in by pubs wanting to hold small live music events.
Nick Clegg to propose relaxing regulations for small businesses
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Last week, we laughed and laughed at Mark Penn's latest idiotic editorial, in which he imagined how "Cleggmania" would soon be sweeping across America, assuming the American political system could change into an entirely different thing by the time his column went to press.
Hillary Clinton Should Stop Paying Money To Mark Penn
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Leader Nick Clegg said the party would move forward without "rancour" while Vince Cable said the coalition would be "stronger for the experience".
BBC News - Home
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Clegg looks balder, greyer, more of his slaphead on display.
Cameron gets all the best dividing lines in PMQs
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Stan ZetieStreetly, West Midlands• Nick Clegg allowed David Cameron to fix constituency boundaries for a Tory victory next time, and the AV referendum he naively accepted in return is now being steamrollered by Tory money, Tory newspapers and a Tory front organisation.
Letters: The case for AV – and alternative policies
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Members of Clegg's House of Lords will be able to claim that they are the pure, unrefracted voice of the British people - and therefore the more legitimate of the two Houses.
Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph
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In a speech last month at the Chatham House think tank, Clegg made a case for the need for Britain to "repatriate" its foreign policy after a half-century of what he called the "default Atlanticism" of a succession of Labor and Conservative governments.
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Britian's Conservative Party revealed late Saturday that Cameron and Clegg had already met for one-on-one talks at central London's Admiralty House.
Liberal Democrats Mull Pact With Conservatives To Form UK Government
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On Sunday I was bitten three times by clegs.
