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judges beware
December 08, 2014 10:30 AM
The vote on the Criminal Justice and Courts Bill (CJCB) on Monday 2nd December has received much comment for Liberal Democrat MPs failing to support amendments passed in the House of Lords and supported by Lib Dem Peers. Those amendments aimed to row back some of the Justice Secretary’s...
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borrowing liberally: lessons from the democrats’ midterm election failure
December 01, 2014 2:00 PM
Two nations divided by a common language. So goes the quip about the differences between the two sides of the Atlantic. So too, when it comes to elections, are there striking similarities and differences in the US and in Great Britain. Former New York Mayor Mario Cuomo once said that...
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why the lib dems need a new slogan
November 24, 2014 2:00 PM
At the heart of any political party must be big ideas and a strong message. The Liberal Democrats and the Liberal Party before them have a long political history. In that time the party has had many messages and slogans. Perhaps one of the best was the one used by...
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The Economic Crisis is Now Political
October 31, 2014 3:30 PM
Clacton-on-Sea is going nowhere… This is Britain on crutches. This is tracksuit-and-trainers Britain, tattoo-parlour Britain, all-our-yesterdays Britain
- Matthew Parris, The Times
Matthew Parris’s dismissal of poor, coastal Essex adorned thousands of UKIP leaflets in Clacton. It served only to justify UKIP’s rout of the Tory...
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the next lib dem manifesto must be a radical manifesto
October 24, 2014 5:15 PM
Let's be honest things aren't exactly great for the Liberal Democrats at the moment. Only last week the party came fifth in an opinion poll scoring only 7% of the vote. Added to this the party is now the fifth biggest party in terms of membership following the steady rise...
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The Lib Dems are a Centre Left Party
October 20, 2014 1:08 PM
Anyone who regularly reads my tweets will know that barely a day-and certainly not a week-goes by without me reminding my readers that those of us on the centre-left are the beating heart and soul of our party.
More often than not I get one person...
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Join us at Glasgow Conference 2014
October 02, 2014 11:32 AM
Join the Social Liberal Forum at Liberal Democrat Autumn Conference in Glasgow. We have a selection of three fringe events for you to choose from and have a stand staffed by volunteers for you to visit and get to know us better.
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wake up, westminster
September 19, 2014 6:21 PM
Whatever we may think of it, the Yes camp in Scotland succeeded in building a powerful movement. Turnout in the Scottish Referendum was a staggering 84 percent, putting the typical General Election turnout of 60 percent very much in the shade. This is proof that when the electorate is offered...
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conference voting reps and OMOV
September 17, 2014 6:22 PM
I’d like to raise a concern about something to be decided at Conference, especially as I can’t be there.
Conference in Glasgow will consider two proposals from the party establishment lumped together under the title of OMOV – one member, one vote – and both apparently aimed at bypassing those...
