Can Nick Clegg ‘save’ the internet? Really?

25Nick Clegg has been unlucky in two of his major career decisions.In 2010 he chose the suave David Cameron over the tetchy Gordon Brown and allied his Liberal Democrats in a coalition with the Tories.Thereafter he, an ardent European, was dragged helplessly along as Cameron fumbled us into Brexitalong the way saddling UK students with the ruinous loans he'd promised to prevent.Having lost his parliamentary seat in the 2017 General Election, Clegg exited UK politics, moved to the USA and was snapped up by Meta, the corporation formerly known as Facebook, as their vice-president of global affairs and communications.He most likely believed that Meta's founder, chairman and CEO Mark Zuckerberg shared his neoliberal reformist worldview, though he would also have enjoyed the Silicon Valley sized salary.He was to be disappointed again when, not only did 'Zuck' ignore his recommendations for ethical reforms of Facebook's operations, but proceeded to join the other Silicon oligarchs in a stunningly acrobatic volte face to offer support for Donald Trump's second presidency.Clegg left Facebook in January 2025, just