Biden, a senator from Delaware, also argued that McCain is "profoundly out of touch" with the issues that average Americans face.

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The Scotsman carries a quote from shadow cabinet office minister Michael Dugher, who says David Cameron has been left "looking profoundly weak and totally out of touch" by trying to "hold on to Andrew Mitchell" in the face of "understandable public anger".

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