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By-election results
Thursday saw three principal council by-elections being held, one each in England, Scotland and Wales. In Perth & Kinross (UA), the Conservatives made a gain in Almond & Earn ward from an…
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What next for Lib Dem drug policy?
Wow, what a month March was for Liberal Democrat drug policy. First, the Lib Dem-commissioned independent panel report on cannabis regulation was published, advocating a framework for a fully legal…
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EURef Roundup: Airbus, Insurers, Stanley Johnson, Service sector back IN, lazy Corbyn attacked, ex- Health Secs speak up
Airbus, which employs 15,000 people and the UK and supports another 100,000 UK jobs through its supply chain is backing Remain, reports the Guardian. The same article reports a survey that found 70%…
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Why Liberal Democrats oppose the Cameron government’s education reforms
The Liberal Democrats exist to build and safeguard a fair, free and open society. For our party, a strong education system, freely available to all, is the key to building the society we strive…
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Justin Trudeau plans mean “there would no longer be any party members”
One Canadian Liberal idea I suspect Liberal Democrats will be less keen on: Justin Trudeau is pushing a proposed new constitution for the Liberal Party of Canada aimed at transforming the federal…
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Now available to pre-order: Nick Clegg’s Politics – The Art of the Possible in an Age of Unreason
Here is the official blurb for Nick Clegg's Politics - The Art of the Possible in an Age of Unreason: Five years ago Britain had a coalition government built on compromise. Now the…
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ALDC’s by-election report: 31 March 2016
Five principal council by-elections took place on Thursday. In Craven (DC), an Independent candidate made a gain from the Conservatives in Embsay with Eastby ward. In a head-to-head contest with the…
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Doing more for refugees
Last week, I was in Lesvos for a fieldclass. The module was ostensibly meant to focus on island economies, what issues does Lesvos' economy face by virtue of being an island. On the second day of the…
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EURef Roundup: Criminals, Pensioners, Ex-Pats’ Exodus, BoE Warning, Nicky Morgan’s fight for the young
InFacts dismantles Leave's claims that leaving Europe would make us safer from incoming criminals. After leaving the EU, the only significant way to make UK border security tighter than it is now…