article_snippet: Deputy Prime Minister said the idea that elected politicians were being 'snooped on' because of elected politicians views 'appalled' Deputy Prime Minister and urged the Home Secretary Theresa May to order a wider probe into undercover police tactics to investigate allegations.
article_snippet: Deputy Prime Minister said the idea that elected politicians were being 'snooped on' because of elected politicians appalled' Deputy Prime Minister .
article_snippet: Mr Clegg said: 'The idea that the police snooping and monitoring elected politicians in effect because of the police views - because the police were deemed to be from the left, that the police snooping and monitoring were somehow dodgy - it absolutely appalls me. '
article_snippet: Politicians, regardless of Politicians views, should be able to represent Politicians constituents and express Politicians opinions without being monitored by the police.'
article_snippet: MPs were spied on and MPs should know.'
article_snippet: I don't think the police force should be monitoring MPs, full stop.
article_snippet: I don't think we have any right to do that at all.
article_snippet: It may be justifiable to say that the Security Service should be doing it - but I certainly don't think the police should be doing it.'