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Clegg a mere crony for hire

THERE must be a limit to Nick Clegg's chutzpah, but, judging by his breathtaking comments at the Liberal Democrats' manifesto launch, he hasn't reached it yet.

He is intent on presenting whatever depleted band of MPs his party has on May 8 as a coalition partner for either Ed Miliband or David Cameron.

"The Liberal Democrats will add a heart to a Conservative government and we will add a brain to a Labour one," he quipped condescendingly.

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