By James Chapman, Tim Shipman and Jason Groves Last updated at 9:16 AM on 13th December 2011 Nick Clegg became the incredible sulk of British politics yesterday by snubbing David Cameron’s triumphant appearance in the Commons. The Prime Minister was cheered by Tory MPs for his historic veto of a new EU treaty at the Brussels summit. His pro-EU deputy ducked yesterday’s session, telling Mr Cameron he would be a ‘distraction’ on the Government front bench. Snub: Nick Clegg, pictured leaving the Commons, said last night that he did not appear in the House for David Cameron's statement as he thought he would be a 'distraction'
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Deputy PM says his appearance would have been a 'distraction'
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Cameron insists he was right to 'defend Britain's national interests'
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Prime Minister says Mr Clegg had originally endorsed his strategy
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Conservative backbenchers applaud Mr Cameron's stance but Ed Miliband calls it 'the biggest mistake of a generation'
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Nicolas Sarkozy claims he and Angela Merkel did all they could to keep Britain on board
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