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Don't get too comfy, Mr Clegg
Shock poll suggests Deputy PM will lose his seat in May vote

Nick Clegg will be kicked out of Parliament in punishment for years spent propping up Tory cuts, selling out students and NHS privatisation, a “bombshell” poll predicted yesterday.

The Lib Dem leader romped home in his Sheffield Hallam constituency with over 50 per cent of the votes in the 2010 general election.

Now a Survation report has found that 30 per cent of those voters are set to abandon Mr Clegg, with his support for health privatisation delivering a fatal polls blow.

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