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Nick Clegg’s leadership: A summary of the coverage

By Caron Lindsay | Sun 25th May 2014 - 9:37 am

Well, there was a certain inevitability that poor election results would lead to calls for Nick Clegg to resign. Today, the papers are full of comments from activists and MPs critical of the Deputy Prime Minister.

John Hemming, John Pugh and Adrian Sanders have all gone public with their criticism of Clegg. It should be noted that none of them are particularly noted for being his biggest fans. There is a certain irony that where there were elections on their patches, they did reasonably well. In Pugh’s Southport …

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Posted in News | Also tagged adrian sanders, Danny Alexander, john hemming, john pugh, nick clegg and sarah ludford | 46 Comments

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