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Clegg fires warning shot over independence vote

NICK Clegg has warned Alex Salmond not to "misinterpret his mandate" by believing the SNP's landslide victory in the Holyrood election was an expression of support for Scottish independence.

UNITED FRONT: David Cameron and Nick Clegg fielded questions yesterday at the London Olympics Park, but Scotland was still at the top of the agenda. Picture: Getty Images
UNITED FRONT: David Cameron and Nick Clegg fielded questions yesterday at the London Olympics Park, but Scotland was still at the top of the agenda. Picture: Getty Images
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MICHAEL SETTLE UK POLITICAL EDITOR

The Deputy Prime Minister also did not rule out completely Westminster instigating its own Scottish referendum.That would almost certainly pre-empt the one planned by the First Minister well into the second half of the five-year Holyrood Parliament, ie from 2014 onwards.