The Navigator
Judgement in the fog, money, risk and the call others cannot make.
Sir Nick Clegg emerges in this interview as a Navigator, consistently steering between ideological extremes toward pragmatic, workable positions. He applies this orientation across every domain discussed, from coalition governance to AI regulation to European tech policy.
“Yeah, yeah, and look, I mean, how can I put this? I wouldn't have gone to the company if a whole bunch of things didn't need to change. I mean, to be fair to Mark Zuckerberg and Cheryl Sandberg at the time, I remember when Sandberg first rang me somewhat out of the blue, I was on holiday with a family in Switzerland.”
“I find that quite a difficult question, the sense that there's just this peculiar tension between what he says and what he posts and what he does.”
“Could still do is the most painful thing of all, which is because he's obviously a proud man, is to say, I've done my bit. I defeated Trump last time. We've got a really strong U.S. economy.”
“So I think they kind of misdiagnosed their own victory, if you like, in Scotland. And I think, yeah, I just think he thought he thought it was going to be a bit of a breeze.”
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