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I think that the days when newspaper barons could basically click their fingers and governments would snap to attention have gone.
Nick Clegg
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Nick Clegg
Age: 57
Born: 1967
Born: January 7
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Deputy Prime Minister Of The United Kingdom
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Chalfont St Giles
Buckinghamshire
Nicholas Clegg
Nicholas William Peter Clegg
Nicholas Nick William Peter Clegg
Sir Nicholas William Peter Clegg
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On the BSkyB bid, Rupert Murdoch is now in town in London seeking to sort things out. I would simply say to him, look how people feel about this. Look how the country has reacted with revulsion to the revelations. So do the decent and sensible thing and reconsider, think again, about your bid for BSkyB.
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