Britain's former deputy prime minister Nick Clegg has accused former Chancellor George Osborne of "cynically" cutting welfare without caring about the impact on the poor when he was in office because it boosted Tory support.

Nick Clegg has resigned as leader of the Liberal Democrats in the UK after admitting the results were “immeasurably more crushing” than he could have feared.

Nick Clegg has warned that he is not prepared to tear the Liberal Democrats apart in order to enter into a second coalition with the Conservatives.

This dramatic interpretation of Uptown Funk sounds so much better in an Irish accent. Honest.

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