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No end to media's Ukip love-in
Farage enjoys endless publicity but offers only turbo-charged austerity, says JOHN HAYLETT

Nick Clegg has no regrets about tangling so unsuccessfully with Ukip leader Nigel Farage in a two-hour mauling on prime-time TV.

"At least I have the courage to get up and say this is what I believe," he declared.

Well, yes he did, and the tousing he received at the hands of Farage and in post-bout viewers' polls indicated the unpopularity of his cause and underlined his lightweight political status.

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