UK's Clegg Refuses to Step Down as Party Leader - Wall Street Journal

BY AINSLEY THOMSON

LONDON—U.K. Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg on Sunday shrugged off suggestions that he step down as leader of the Liberal Democrats in the wake of his party's humiliating losses in local elections and voters' rejection of the party's plan to reform the U.K.'s electoral system.

Mr. Clegg promised a "louder Lib Dem voice in government," saying he believed voters needed to hear about his party's successes in being "a moderating influence" as a junior partner in its coalition with the Conservative Party.

Speaking on the BBC's Andrew Marr show, Mr. Clegg said the Liberal Democrats were committed to remaining in ...