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| Britain's Clegg Rebuffs Quit Calls after European Debacle |
| 2014-05-28 |
| [An Nahar] British Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg insisted Tuesday he would not step down as leader of the Liberal Democrat coalition partners despite a terrible performance in the European elections. Pressure has been building on Clegg since the Lib Dems lost 11 of their 12 European Parliament seats, which came hot on the heels of the party losing hundreds of seats in local council elections. Emerging for his first public appearance since the vote debacle, Clegg said during a low-key visit to a youth club that he wanted to "finish the job" and dismissed calls to dissolve the coalition or modify his party's pro-EU approach. Voters appear set to inflict more pain on the centrist Lib Dems for their decision to enter a coalition with the center-right Conservatives after the inconclusive 2010 general election. One new poll showed Clegg could even lose his own seat in next year's election to the center-left main opposition Labor Party. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #2 The one thing in the world that cannot ever change is: A liberal who believes he's doing the right thing. If you try to stop them, you're not merely wrong, you're evil, by definition. |
| Posted by: ed in texas 2014-05-28 19:32 |
| #1 "we're just consolidating our appeal" |
| Posted by: Frank G 2014-05-28 12:52 |