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From our ever popular series, Questions In The Observer We Can Answer:

If you’re on the side of democracy, Nick Clegg, why are you going to work for Facebook?

Even ex-Deputy Prime Ministers can be persuaded to lobby Brussels if the cash stash is tall enough.

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  • He'll be much more at home persuading commissioners that they agree with Nick (and Mark and Sheryl) than the people of Sheffield. Of course if he'd got his way with PR we'd still have him in HMG in perpetuity, and he'd be acting in his own interest rather than FB shareholders.

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