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Clegg: I will never join a coalition 32

Posted on May 18, 2010 by

If a week is a long time in politics, 26 months is forever, right?

“This talk of alliances comes up a lot, doesn’t it? Everyone wants
to be in our gang. So I want to make something very clear today.

Will I ever join a Conservative government? No.

Will I ever join a Labour government? No.

I will never allow the Liberal Democrats to be a mere annex to
another party’s agenda.”

Nick Clegg’s first speech as leader to the Lib Dem conference, March 2008

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