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23 April 2010updated 27 Sep 2015 2:21am

Hung parliament? Fine by us, say rating agencies

Tories wrong to fearmonger about the election result.

By Mehdi Hasan

Earlier this week, Ken Clarke predicted panic in the financial markets — causing a “wobble” in the pound — if the general election failed to deliver a decisive result. “Scaremongering of the worst kind”, was the rather appropriate response from the Lib Dems’ Vince Cable.

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