Facebook hires former UK Lib Dem leader, Nick Clegg, as global policy chief

Facebook has confirmed it has hired the former leader of the UK's former third largest political party -- Nick Clegg of the middle ground Liberal Democrats -- to head up global policy and comms. Facebook hires Nick Clegg, the former UK deputy prime minister, to head its global affairs and communications team. Clegg is also a former UK deputy prime minister, after the Lib Dems entered government in the 2015 coalition with the Conservative party.