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What has shaped Clegg's politics?

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Liberal Democrat leader Nick Clegg has forced the party to "grow up" by facing the need to cut public spending, his spokesman has said. Today presenter Sarah Montague considers whether it is Mr Clegg's European background that is the key to understanding him.

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