Woman passenger's jet rage at Nick Clegg over his support of Human Rights Act

Nick Clegg faced the air rage of a passenger angry at his party’s opposition to the scrapping of the Human Rights Act.

The Lib Dem leader was verbally abused by a woman on his flight from London to Cairo, which he was visiting to hold meetings with Egyptian leaders.

Eyewitnesses said the passenger had to be ‘physically restrained’ from attacking the Deputy Prime Minister over his decision to block the Coalition from getting rid of the Act.

Mr Clegg was visiting Cairo to announce a £5million aid boost to stimulate jobs in the north African country, which was the scene of a revolution in the Spring.    More Read