Nick Clegg bids to derail Paul Dacre's campaign to chair Ofcom Facebook's PR chief leads lobbying effort against his former Fleet Street nemesis Sir Nick Clegg has reignited hostilities with Paul Dacre by attacking the former The former Liberal Democrat leader, now head of Facebook’s international political operation, has joined forces with Google to persuade ministers against appointing Mr Dacre, who has called for tech giants to be broken up. The companies are understood to have lobbied against giving the job to the 72-year-old Fleet Street veteran, who has privately signalled his determination to spearhead the successful implementation of new online harms laws. These aim to hold Google and Facebook to account for child sexual abuse images, terrorist material and suicide content carried on their services.