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Beware the 1930s
My mind keeps going to parallels between the worlds of Brexit and Trump and what happened in Germany in the 1930s. At the time of the referendum I was at the annual conference of the International…
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Where do we go now?
I first became aware of politics as a 15 year old in 1959. I well remember that famous Macmillan poster which went something like; "Life is better under the Conservatives. Don't let Labour ruin it"…
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Ashdown in talks with Labour MPs over new centre-left alliance
Former Liberal Democrat leader Lord Ashdown has called for a progressive platform to bring together politicians from different parties… The peer said he was not proposing a new party but, like…
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13,500 new members and a strategic problem
Once again, an awful election result for Liberal Democrats has been followed by a huge increase in party membership. The referendum result itself only directly triggered a small boom in party…
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Nick Clegg calls for general election before article 50 is activated
Former deputy prime minister calls on Tory leadership candidates to set out plans for Brexit, then seek democratic mandate Nick Clegg has called for a general election before any attempt is made to…
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Britain must have a general election before activating article 50
We can't start the clock ticking on Brexit before we've had a chance to judge what life outside the EU would look like Who would have thought? The Conservative party, the party of continuity and…
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Party prepares for a snap general election
With a snap general election in the air (legally possible although politically perhaps not quite so likely), the Liberal Democrats have been rapidly putting in place arrangements for a snap general…
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Merton shows what to do
How to tap into that post-referendum potential in practice? Well Merton Lib Dems were out straight away with some smart campaigning, as local party member Simon McGrath explains. In the London…
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Ashdown pushes for cross-party realignment
Former Lib Dem leader Paddy Ashdown is working a new 5-point cross-party progressive platform around which to mobilise a grassroots movement to support candidates who sign up to it. The intention is…
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What does Brexit mean?
Article 50 of the EU treaties, the one that sets out the terms for leaving the EU should perhaps have been read and understood by those arguing for Brexit, because a lot of rubbish is being spoken by…
