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A week in the life of Liberal Democrat President, Sal Brinton
Here's what a week is like for Lib Dem peer and President Sal Brinton, courtesy of The House magazine:
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The less glamorous yet no less important part of the Liberal Democrat revival
Although most political attention at the moment is on the Richmond Park Parliamentary by-election, council by-elections roll on as normal. This Thursday brings 10 of these in principal local…
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Labour gives up on keeping the UK in the single market
Following Thursday's bombshell High Court decision that forces Theresa May to get parliamentary approval before taking Britain out of the EU, Labour's Brexit spokesman Keir Starmer is suddenly one of…
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Greens back Lib Dem candidate against Zac Goldsmith in byelection
Party hopes decision will encourage Labour to support Sarah Olney in cross-party effort to defeat former Tory MP for Richmond Park The Green party has backed the Liberal Democrat candidate in the…
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Nick Clegg inrterviewed by John Humphries on the Today programme
The Prime Minister is expected to speak to president of the EU Commission Jean-Claude Juncker today to say she intends to stick to her March 2017 deadline for triggering Article 50. Nick Clegg is the…
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Nick Clegg on the Court Judgement
In an intelligent political world the gov would have made this decision, not a court. We now need a coherent #Brexit plan that works for all
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Understanding the High Court Article 50 Decision (link to full judgment)
The High Court today ruled that the Prime Minister cannot give notice of intention to withdraw from the European Union ("activate Article 50") without reference to Parliament. Social media has…
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Roger Roberts writes: we must do more for the Calais children
The crisis that we are faced with in the UK and Europe is only part of a worldwide migration crisis. We hear from the United Nations that there are 65 million displaced persons in the world, and we…
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Richmond Green Party won’t contest Richmond Park by-election; backing Lib Dems instead
This is rather helpful news for Liberal Democrat candidate Sarah Olney: Ukip, of course, is backing Zac Goldsmith whilst the calls by Labour MPs for their party to back the Liberal Democrats didn't…
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Government lies on NHS funding hurts us all
A group of MPs say the government is being dishonest when they claim it is allocating an extra £10bn to the NHS in England over the next five years. Commenting on the news Liberal Democrat health…