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I say this as a young dad seeing children going into primary school: I don't think we should underestimate the formative effect on a child of those first years in primary school.

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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
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Nicholas William Peter Clegg
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