Brown will wait in line for Clegg to talk to Tories

Katrina Lloyd
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Gordon Brown said he accepted Liberal Democrats leader Nick Clegg will talk to the Tories about forming a Government before the Labour party.

The convention is for the incumbent prime minister to have the first right to see if they can form a government. However, Brown said he was willing to wait in the wings for the outcome of Clegg'...

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