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September 21, 2012

Nick Clegg Can Still Make a Graceful Exit

Mary Sieghart, The Independent

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What does it tell us about politics and modern life that a spoof video of Nick Clegg crooning “I’m sorry, I’m sorry; I’m so, so sorry” is going to convince more voters than the party political broadcast it’s based on? Yesterday, a satirical website, The Poke, autotuned the Lib Dem leader’s voice to turn his mea culpa about breaking his pledge on tuition fees into a pappy pop song, and it came over surprisingly well. Now it’s gone viral to zillions of voters in a way that the original would never have done.

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