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Britannist · 18-09-2007, 10:00 PM

More details about 'Nick' Clegg, a member of the europhile Liberal Dim Party, who is MP for the normally Conservative constituency of Sheffield Hallam:

Key facts on ‘Nick’ Clegg (brief edited extracts from Wikipedia 18.9.2007):

Half-Russian Father and Dutch Mother (brought up bilingually).

Educated College of Europe in Bruges where he met his wife Miriam Gonzalez Durantez

Started work for EU Commission April 1994.

Worked for ‘Conservative’ europhile Leon Brittan (Vice President of the EU Commisison and Trade Commissioner) in his private offce as an EU policy adviser and speech writer.

Wikipedia claims Clegg (while he was a Liberal Dim Party MP in the ‘East’ Midlands of England) “played an active role” in persuading Bill Newton-Dunn MEP, the 'Conservative' europhile, to defect to the Liberal Dim Party.

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Britannist Uber Member Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: London Posts: 22,896	Brief facts about 'Nick' Clegg, MP in the europhile Liberal Dim Party More details about 'Nick' Clegg, a member of the europhile Liberal Dim Party, who is MP for the normally Conservative constituency of Sheffield Hallam: Key facts on ‘Nick’ Clegg (brief edited extracts from Wikipedia 18.9.2007): Half-Russian Father and Dutch Mother (brought up bilingually). Educated College of Europe in Bruges where he met his wife Miriam Gonzalez Durantez Started work for EU Commission April 1994. Worked for ‘Conservative’ europhile Leon Brittan (Vice President of the EU Commisison and Trade Commissioner) in his private offce as an EU policy adviser and speech writer. Wikipedia claims Clegg (while he was a Liberal Dim Party MP in the ‘East’ Midlands of England) “played an active role” in persuading Bill Newton-Dunn MEP, the 'Conservative' europhile, to defect to the Liberal Dim Party.