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Lib Dems have no conscience
if the Lib Dems in Cabinet had an ounce of principle, they would have resigned long ago

If Nick Clegg, Vince Cable and the other Lib Dem Cabinet cling-ons possessed an ounce of principle, they would have resigned long before the latest tiff between the coalition partners.

The Deputy Prime Minister can sound as tough as he likes in his criticism of David Cameron's latest anti-immigration bile.

The Business Secretary can appear as oblique as he wishes when placing the Prime Minister in the same lineage as Enoch Powell when it comes to poisoning race relations.

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