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Clueless Clegg parrots Tory claims of Falkirk fix-up
Nick Clegg jumps on the Tories union-bashing bandwagon

Conservative lapdog Nick Clegg has jumped on the Tory bandwagon by repeating claims that the selection process of the Labour parliamentary candidate in Falkirk was "dodgy."

The Deputy Prime Minister accused the Labour leadership of being "puppets on a string" operated by the unions and likened the Falkirk selection process to a "Monty Python parody of the Soviet Union."

He said that the Labour leadership should come clean about the process, despite the fact the accusations have been proved to be false.

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