Nick Clegg’s comments come as significant cracks are emerging in the coalition, with the parties clashing in a pre-electoral race to attract voters in the run up to the general election in May. Cameron’s Conservative Party hardened its position on Europe last week, declaring a plan to leave the ECHR unless Britain’s parliament secures the power to override its rulings. Under the radical plans, a majority Tory government would terminate Britain’s allegiance to the Strasbourg court by granting the British parliament the capacity to veto its judgments. Reflecting on the Conservatives’ controversial proposals, Clegg warned the Liberal Democrats would...
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