Clegg’s scuttle to Facebook is mistimed,says Michael Meadowcroft, and Mark Doel doubts hell improve Facebook’s record on taxes. Judith Daniels will miss his sincerity, and while DavidGellner wants him to focus on Asia in his new roleI am a long-term supporter of Nick Clegg and appreciative of his instinctive liberalism,but his lack of judgment in choosing his collaborators has now shown itself again, this time in spades, and in choosing to join Mark Zuckerberg at Facebook (Clegg abandons remain campaign to steal job with Facebook,20 October). Frankly, it is a improper scuttle. If Nick was unable to force a better deal in coalition out of David Cameron and the Conservatives, and how is he going to transform the inherent inevitability of the insensitivity of the vast Facebook machine? It is far too large and bureaucratic to be capable of any worthwhile degree of change.
It is also a badly mistimed scuttle. Nick has always been one of the best proponents of the case for a united Europe and,at precisely the time in our history when every such voice is needed to continue the momentum for rescuing Britain and the EU from a disastrous Brexit, he is abandoning the cause. It leaves a bitter taste in the mouths of his friends and colleagues who value loyalty and commitment to the most notable cause of the past 70 years.
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Source: theguardian.com