Fearing a Lib Dem wipeout in next month’s European elections, the Deputy Prime Minister opted for an unusual, high-risk throw of the dice – to take on Nigel Farage face-to-face, writes MARK LITTLEWOOD. If Farage and his new rebel army could be exposed as dangerous, extremist dinosaurs, Clegg could rally a swathe of cosmopolitan, internationalist voters to his banner and turn the tide of opinion against Euroscepticism. But he spectacularly failed. The Great British Public declared Farage the winner by more than 20 percentage points. ...read
Nick's worst nightmare: After Clegg's TV debacle, a former Lib Dem spokesman warns that a Euro election wipeout could see him losing the party leadership
05/04/14 19:32