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26 June 2012

The end of the coalition has already begun

Nick Clegg has sounded the starting gun for the next election campaign.

By Richard Morris

Forget all this talk of Cameron’s welfare speech yesterday beginning the longest election campaign in history. We’ll now get there sooner than you think

Last week, in just four words, Nick Clegg sounded the starting gun on the end of the coalition. He did it on Thursday. You may have missed it – most people have. But it happened, none the less.

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