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now is the time for the politics of hope
May 08, 2015 5:16 AM
The public has finally been able to express its view on the direction that the Liberal Democrats have taken since 2010.
The General Election results were an unmitigated disaster. To claim anything else is to insult both the candidates and the campaigners who worked so tirelessly, and to the voters...
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Government implements SLF policy (again)
April 09, 2015 3:00 PM
The government has announced the implementation of more SLF policy. Just a couple of weeks since the Liberal Democrat Federal Conference adopted new SLF policy on trade unions, Liberal Democrat Business Secretary Vince Cable has reached an agreement with the Trades Union Congress to begin work towards enabling trades unions to...
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Why youth services are so important
April 09, 2015 9:00 AM
Between the ages of six and nineteen I used to regularly attend two social / sporting clubs a week. Sometimes up to four evenings a week, I was out at one or other of these activities. I came from a not-well-off Working Class family, especially when my parents split up...
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Supporting the next government - Red Lines for Social Liberals
April 07, 2015 8:30 AM
In the most uncertain election for decades, only two things can be predicted with much confidence: Barring a major slip-up (or breakthrough) during the campaign by Ed Miliband, there will be no overall majority; and Liberal Democrat representation in the House of Commons will be significantly reduced. However, it is...
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Why The Lib Dems must hold on to as many seats as possible
April 02, 2015 12:13 PM
It is no secret that the upcoming election is going to be a major test for the Liberal Democrats and that the outcome will likely see many good, hard-working MPs defeated and their staff on the dole.
For the first time in living memory the Lib Dems are...
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cash for peerages
March 22, 2015 9:00 AM
Rumours of ‘cash for peerages’ have long been rife at Westminster, and today's release by my two colleagues and I is an attempt to begin contributing some greater factual basis to the debate, rather than the usual “He said, she said” that such an important topic is usually...
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Taking social liberalism in to general election campaigns
March 18, 2015 2:15 PM
Two SLF Council members are fighting hard to win seats that were until recently, held by Liberal Democrat MPs.
Helen Flynn, PPC for Harrogate and Knaresborough and Kelly-Marie Blundell, PPC for Guildford, share how they've been taking social liberal values to the heart of their election campaigns.
We wish...
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4 Key Questions about the process of negotiations for government
March 16, 2015 9:05 PM
I’ve come back from the Party’s Spring Conference in Liverpool worried. My concern is about Party unity in the face of another unclear General Election result. The Party’s processes can be arcane but they really matter: Here’s why.
Article 15 of the Party’s constitution, sets out who needs to...
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What's the bottom line, Nick?
March 09, 2015 5:18 PM
Liberal Democrats enter the impending general election campaign with a sense of foreboding. Battered and bruised from our experiences in coalition with the Tories, we can expect to face the wrath of those left leaning progressive voters who, with some justification, feel that we gave too much in exchange...
