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  In his early days in coalition Clegg found himself weathering the backlash of phenomenally upset voters. People who had put their trust in him were unashamedly jettisoned for the convenience of power. I had never seen anything quite like it. He swallowed the Tory mandate hook line and sinker with just the occasional token voiced concern. But the wave of disgust with Clegg grew and grew and eventually it really surprised and indeed shocked Clegg himself.
  
  But he soldiered on...gazing wistfully into the painful distance everytime he appeared at Prime Ministers Questions in the House.
  
  But the latest episode with the EU eurosceptic thing has brought about some movement from Clegg. Rather than be airbrushed out of life completely he has found his rattle...the rattle of a simple man..and he is using it.
  
  His party is in no mans land, predicted by all pundits to be heading for a near wipeout at the next election, so he has to do something. The EU situation was a full blown humiliation for Clegg and the Libdems. Could they just sit there in total humiliation and take it...or would they fight back?
  
  So, we have a fightback of sorts.
  But when your opposition has nuclear weapons it is just huff and puff... he cant blow the house down, he cant call for an election as extinction is on the cards, he can only rattle the cage for the remaining time in Coalition and hope that the voters notice him.

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