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How 'Calamity' turned the tables

Westminster sketch: Nick Clegg�s pounding heart could almost be heard up in the Press Gallery. His face was drained of any colour and he was holding tight to a piece of screwed up paper, which appeared to act as a kind of comfort blanket.

Nick Clegg's pounding heart could almost be heard up in the Press Gallery.

His face was drained of any colour and he was holding tight to a piece of screwed up paper, which appeared to act as a kind of comfort blanket ahead of the big moment.