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19 May 2011

Clarke won’t go – thanks to Miliband

The Justice Secretary’s resignation wouldn’t have been good news for Labour in any case.

By Duncan Robinson

Kenneth Clarke has apologised following his comments on rape and rape sentencing yesterday. It wasn’t the apology that saved his career, though – it was Ed Miliband.

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