Nick Clegg offered a job as a DJ following shock General Election defeat
GETTY Mr Clegg was offered to play at a bar in Sheffield Hallam
The ex-Liberal Democrat leader was ousted from by Sheffield Hallam seat in last week’s General Election by Labour’s Jared O’Mara. Mr O’Mara is the co-founder of West Street Live, a local bar in the constituency, and used to DJ there twice a week.
But its owners have now given Mr Clegg the opportunity to replace Mr O’Mara and host a brand new student night called “Cleggers Plays Pop”. Tam Ali, the owner of the bar, told the BBC: “We want him to put on a student night. “I heard he’s popular with them so I think it would make a great job for him to come into.
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“Part of Jared's skill set is that he has an encyclopaedic knowledge of pop music. Mainly old school pop - and he has an affinity for boy bands. "I'd hope Nick Clegg would play pop too. I would imagine he's kept abreast of the latest music and I'm sure he partied away in his student days." Mr Clegg came away from this year’s election with 2,000 fewer votes than Mr O’Mara, losing a seat he’d held for 12 years.
GETTY Mr Clegg was the MP for Sheffield Hallam for 12 years
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His defeat was one of the biggest upsets of the vote, alongside Angus Robertson and Alex Salmond, who both lost their seats in Scotland to Conservative candidates. Mr Ali put his offer to the 50-year-old on his bar’s Facebook page and is confident Mr Clegg has seen it.