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Saving Private Firms 23 Sep 2019 I have just been watching coverage of the Labour conference and the bizarre suggestion from the Shadow Chancellor and some activists that the Government should have stepped in to save ...

Private Schools 22 Sep 2019 Press reports about Labour policy towards private education seem to be a bit confused. According to the BBC, which I hope is being objective, there is a motion that calls ...

Free Trade Isn’t Fair Trade 22 Sep 2019 One of the big benefits of Brexit, we are told, is that we will be able to do our own trade deals with countries around the world. Presumably tariff-free trade ...

Ban Palm Oil 22 Sep 2019 Life isn’t just about EU Exit. As Lib Dems we must also develop sensible and practical green credentials. Some are very difficult and costly. Others are a lot easier and ...

Lib Leavers 21 Sep 2019 According to YouGov, about a third of Lib Dem supporters, those who normally vote Lib Dem, voted Leave in the 2016 EU Referendum. It’s a fair bet that most were ...

We’re Not Picky… 15 Sep 2019 Am I the only one concerned about blindly accepting MPs into the Lib Dems whose voting records hardly mark them out as liberal. Take Phillip Lee. His voting record shows he ...

Lib Dem Brexit Blunder 15 Sep 2019 Today a small non-representative and self-selecting section of the Liberal Democrat Party that have the time and resources to attend Conference made what I believe to be a big mistake. This ...

Liberal Undemocrats 06 Nov 2016 It took a while for me to work it out but in discussion on LD Voice about the Autumn 2016 Lib Dem Conference some things began to twig. Party policy is ...

Liberalism 06 Nov 2016 In trying to define my beliefs, there is a single quote that sums it up perfectly.     By liberalism I don’t mean the creed of any party or any ...