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Nick Clegg ‘To Receive Knighthood In New Year’s Honours List’<\/b>
\nReports say Nick Clegg is set to receive a knighthood in the New Year’s honours list <\/strong>” alt=”Reports say Nick Clegg is set to receive a knighthood in the New Year’s honours list <\/strong>” data-credit=”Bloomberg via Getty Images” data-portal-copyright=”Bloomberg via Getty Images” data-provider=”getty” data-provider-asset-id=”692921632″ data-has-syndication-rights=”true”><\/p>\n

Former Liberal Democrat leader Nick Clegg<\/a> is set to receive a knighthood in the New Year\u2019s honours list, according to reports.<\/p>\n

The honour is in recognition of his five years serving as deputy prime minister in the Conservative-Lib Dem coalition under David Cameron, according to senior party sources cited by the Daily Mail.<\/p>\n

However the move is likely to be controversial as Clegg was a prominent Remain campaigner in last year\u2019s EU referendum and has been an outspoken critic of Brexit, the Press Association reported<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Since losing his Sheffield Hallam seat in the June general election, he has infuriated Leave supporters by publishing a book entitled How To Stop Brexit (And Make Britain Great Again).\u00a0<\/p>\n

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Leaving the EU will not look anything like what people were promised. And if the final deal doesn’t contain all those Brexit promises, then MPs should reject it. And YOU should tell them to. Watch this: t.co\/PgfENGAkar<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Nick Clegg (@nick_clegg) December 21, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n

The latest apparent leak follows reports that the former Beatle Ringo Starr is also in line for a knighthood when the honours list is published on Saturday.<\/p>\n

Clegg will become the latest senior Lib Dem to be knighted, alongside the present leader Sir Vince Cable and the former energy secretary Sir Ed Davey, despite the party having been reduced to just 12 MPs in the House of Commons.<\/p>\n

A Lib Dem spokesman declined to comment on the report.<\/p>\n

The report comes after the former UKIP leader Nigel Farage complained last week that he had missed out on an honour because of his support for Brexit.<\/p>\n

He told The Daily Telegraph: \u201cOf course I have not got an honour of any kind \u2013 I am not a Remainer.<\/p>\n

\u201cEvery one of them got CBEs, they got knighthoods, quite extraordinary.\u201d<\/p>\n

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