Topic: Nick Clegg
Quotes
I don't think he is the right man for the job of leading the renewal of Westminster that we need
Clegg calls for speaker's resignation May 17, 2009
Different states were always going to move at a different pace and in different ways. Oppressive regimes were never going to tumble like dominoes. Nor were they going to change their ways overnight
Libya limits EU, NATO options in Syria Aug 26, 2011
For the sake of the Syrian people, it's time for Assad to go. He is as irrelevant to Syria's future as Gadhafi is to Libya's
Libya limits EU, NATO options in Syria Aug 26, 2011
I'm not going to start intervening in a debate which clearly risks descending into megaphone diplomacy
Clegg urges U.S. to tone down BP rhetoric Jun 11, 2010
There are many people who are beginning to believe withdrawal is the only option
Brown hopeful of defining Afghan strategy Nov 13, 2009
Nicholas William Peter "Nick" Clegg (born 7 January 1967) is a British Liberal Democrat politician who is the Deputy Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, Lord President of the Council and Minister for Constitutional and Political Reform in the coalition government of Conservative Prime Minister David Cameron. Clegg is the Leader of the Liberal Democrats and is the Member of Parliament (MP) for Sheffield Hallam.
Clegg's first major elected position was as a Member of the European Parliament (MEP) for the East Midlands from 1999 to 2004. He was elected Member of Parliament for Sheffield Hallam in the 2005 general election and became the Liberal Democrats' Home Affairs spokesperson in 2006. Clegg defeated Chris Huhne in the party's 2007 leadership election. Clegg became Deputy Prime Minister following the 2010 general election, when the Liberal Democrats formed a coalition government with the Conservative Party, led by Prime Minister David Cameron. As well as his parliamentary roles, Clegg has contributed to many pamphlets and books on political issues.
Clegg was educated at Caldicott School in Buckinghamshire and Westminster School in London, followed by Robinson College at the University of Cambridge, where he studied Social Anthropology; he later studied at the University of Minnesota and the College of Europe in Belgium. He is married to Miriam González Durántez; they have three sons.
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