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The noises from Jeremy Corbyn and John McDonnell are increasingly pro-Brexit. The Liberal Democrats, by contrast, are taking a hard line over what any legislation authorising the Article 50 process…
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The not-quite-modestly-named Maxfield-Pack ratio comes from 101 Ways To Win An Election, in which Ed and I explain:
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This week is the 50th anniversary of the ground-breaking BBC film Cathy Come Home, the gripping and controversial 1966 film about poverty and homelessness. It tells the story of Cathy and Reg, a…
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On Wednesday the Investigatory Powers Bill overcame its final Parliamentary hurdle before becoming law. In the end the issue that held it up for a while was press regulation, not the powers of the…
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When Liberal International was founded in Oxford nearly 70 years ago it was very much a European affair. With the noble exception of Canada, Liberal parties and values were largely confined to…
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One of the most common myths amongst Liberal Democrat activists is that readers of the Daily Mail are all so awful that none of them can possibly be supporters of the party. However, as I pointed out…
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Thank you so much to the more than 6,000 (850 from High Peak) of you who have already signed our petition to Save our Services at Stepping Hill.
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Poll comes as MPs and peers threaten to oppose leaving EU unless Theresa May releases details of deal sought Only a third of UK voters support Brexit unconditionally, according to a poll that…
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The Lib Dems are clear: the government cannot negotiate in secret - it must tell the public the terms of the deal it strikes and hold a second referendum As leader of the Liberal Democrats, I have…
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Since the vote to leave the European Union back in June, many of my friends have suddenly developed a keen interest in their Irish ancestry. Others have already bagged a German passport, a Cypriot…
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