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@nick_clegg

Former MP for Sheffield Hallam 2005- 2017. Former Leader of the Liberal Democrats 2007-2015, Deputy Prime Minister during the 2010-2015 coalition government.

London, UK
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Joined June 2008
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  1. Mar 29

    Rarely have the two major parties been united in such blind denial about what the future holds. 2/2

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  2. Mar 29

    Are Corbyn and May mutating into each other? He says he wants to end austerity, but that’s not possible with Brexit. She says she wants a country that works for everyone, but that’s not possible with Brexit. Brexit will hit the public finances and the poorest the hardest. 1/2

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  3. Mar 27

    Delighted to be joining as a Visiting Professor in Practice at the new School of Public Policy

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  4. Mar 24

    My views on the transition period set out in today’s interview with and

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  5. Mar 24

    Alert: plastic bag theft. Daily Mail - once again - claims front page victory today for plastic bag tax. When I introduced the levy in government - despite much Conservative scepticism - Darth Dacre played no role at all. Never let the facts get in the way of self-importance...

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    Mar 22

    Brexiteers demanded we take back control, but instead we risking losing control of Ireland’s carefully constructed peace & its invisible border. My article after my visit to Dublin

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  7. Mar 22

    If losing Ireland’s invisible border is the price of Brexit then MPs must reject the final Brexit deal. They must do so without, contrary to some suggestions, the votes of Sinn Fein MPs. Their presence in Westminster would not help. My column:

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  8. Mar 22

    Brexiteers demanded we take back control, but instead we risking losing control of Ireland’s carefully constructed peace & its invisible border. My article after my visit to Dublin

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  9. Mar 21

    Great to be in Dublin with Michael Heseltine and Andrew Adonis for a meeting with to discuss Brexit and what it means for the Irish border

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  10. Mar 19

    Here we go again: HMG raises the white flag in Brussels, yet it will no doubt be hailed as a triumph. This is shaping up to be an embarrassing Brexit delivered at all costs. Is this humiliation really what people voted for?

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  11. Mar 12

    There are lots of fears about AI etc, but it can also be a force for good. Pleased to be associated with CERA, a new company pioneering an innovative tech-enabled approach to social care.

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  12. Mar 12

    Innovation at a local level is the best way to tackle social mobility in this country. That’s why the Chancellor should use his Spring Statement to ease financial constraints on local authorities & let them act creatively. My article:

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  13. Mar 5

    I’m delighted to become chairman of . Social mobility is a cause that has been close to my heart for many years. I very much look forward to leading SMF in its next stage of development, helping thousands of young people around the country.

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  14. Mar 2

    PM’s speech is a bit like someone who used to say they wanted to move out of their home to a shiny new one, but end up moving into the attic of the house they lived in all along. Except this time they still pay for the bills while following the rules set by others.

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  15. Feb 28

    John Major is absolutely right. It's high time that Parliament, and not a hard Brexit clique, spoke for our country.

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  16. Feb 28

    So the Brexiteers are now blaming the EU for a problem of the government's own creation. Remember: a hard Brexit creates a new hard land border with the EU which never existed before. Hard Brexiteers are the architects of a hard border, no-one else.

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  17. Feb 26

    So Customs Union is not the full answer to Irish border issue. That's why Corbyn needs to go one step further re Single Market. 2/2

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  18. Feb 26

    Up to 17km queues and 30 hour waits at the Turkish/Bulgarian (EU) border show that a Customs Union only gets you so far. Customs Union without Single Market, just as Single Market without Customs Union (see checks at the Norway/Sweden border), leads to delays and queues. 1/2

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  19. Feb 24

    The government’s basket-based Brexit strategy is both unworkable and profoundly un-Conservative. My latest column:

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  20. Feb 18

    Heartbreaking to see Alfie Dingley denied life-changing medicine. Instead of sticking to outdated rules, the Home Secretary could table a simple change to the law to allow doctors to decide when to prescribe cannabis.

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