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| Paris shooting: Nick Clegg 'dismayed' at Farage comments | Paris shooting: Nick Clegg 'dismayed' at Farage comments |
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| Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg has accused Nigel Farage of trying to "make political points" after the shootings in Paris which killed 12 people. | Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg has accused Nigel Farage of trying to "make political points" after the shootings in Paris which killed 12 people. |
| The UKIP leader said the attack by suspected Islamists on satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo on Wednesday was "truly horrific". | The UKIP leader said the attack by suspected Islamists on satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo on Wednesday was "truly horrific". |
| He added, on Channel 4 News, it raised questions about what he called a "gross policy of multiculturalism". | He added, on Channel 4 News, it raised questions about what he called a "gross policy of multiculturalism". |
| Mr Clegg said he was "firmly grabbing the wrong end of the stick." | Mr Clegg said he was "firmly grabbing the wrong end of the stick." |
| Prime Minister David Cameron has offered France "any assistance our intelligence agencies can give" after the shootings. | |
| 'Encouraged division' | |
| He led condemnation in the Commons at Prime Minister's Questions, where Labour leader Ed Miliband said he felt "horror and outrage" about the attack. | |
| Mr Farage said there was a "very strong argument" that the events were a result of "a fifth column" which he said lived in Paris and London. | Mr Farage said there was a "very strong argument" that the events were a result of "a fifth column" which he said lived in Paris and London. |
| He said: "We've got people living in these countries, holding our passports, who hate us. | He said: "We've got people living in these countries, holding our passports, who hate us. |
| "Luckily their numbers are very, very small but it does make one question the whole really gross attempt at encouraged division within society that we have had in the past few decades in the name of multiculturalism." | "Luckily their numbers are very, very small but it does make one question the whole really gross attempt at encouraged division within society that we have had in the past few decades in the name of multiculturalism." |
| On his LBC phone-in, Mr Clegg said: "I am dismayed that Nigel Farage immediately thinks, on the back of the bloody murders that we saw on the streets of Paris yesterday, his first reflex is to make political points." | On his LBC phone-in, Mr Clegg said: "I am dismayed that Nigel Farage immediately thinks, on the back of the bloody murders that we saw on the streets of Paris yesterday, his first reflex is to make political points." |
| 'Fervently British' | |
| The Lib Dem leader said that if the attackers did turn out to be Islamist extremists, "law-abiding British Muslims" were the "greatest antidote to the perversion of Islam". | The Lib Dem leader said that if the attackers did turn out to be Islamist extremists, "law-abiding British Muslims" were the "greatest antidote to the perversion of Islam". |
| He added: "To immediately... imply that many, many British Muslims who I know feel fervently British but also are very proud of their Muslim faith are somehow part of the problem rather than part of the solution is firmly grabbing the wrong end of the stick." | He added: "To immediately... imply that many, many British Muslims who I know feel fervently British but also are very proud of their Muslim faith are somehow part of the problem rather than part of the solution is firmly grabbing the wrong end of the stick." |
| The deputy prime minister also said that in a free society, "people have to be free to offend each other". | The deputy prime minister also said that in a free society, "people have to be free to offend each other". |
| He added: "We have no right not to be offended. | He added: "We have no right not to be offended. |
| "That fundamental principle of being free to offend people and not saying you have a right not to be offended in a free democratic society such as ours is exactly what was under threat by these murderous barbarians". | "That fundamental principle of being free to offend people and not saying you have a right not to be offended in a free democratic society such as ours is exactly what was under threat by these murderous barbarians". |