University behaviour is at its worst when it comes to grovelling to celebrities.

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Or should he sit out the rest of the election and wait for a defeated Republican Party to come grovelling to him in the autumn?

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Erring MPs cannot escape punishment by offering grovelling apologies and repaying the unjustified expenses they were caught claiming: that would be like letting off a shoplifter who volunteered to return the dress she swiped from Harrods.

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The lesson from all that grovelling?

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