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Vince Cable's wake-up call for sleeping partners
The Lem Dem conference laughed, cheered and stamped. But that mood ebbed awayNow and again fate tosses you a fine metaphor. Yesterday we learned that the Titanic sank because of a misunderstanding. In...
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Liberal Democrat conference: welcome to the party
Everyone said the first Lib Dem conference since they gained power was going to be a mutinous affair. Instead, delegates seemed bemused by the fact anyone was even taking them seriouslyIf all the Lib...
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Vince Cable is right: capitalism is neither good nor evil – just useful |...
At the Liberal Democrat conference, Cable blasted the City in a way that no neoliberal couldNow that the pope is safely off the premises – not to mention Nick Clegg – it might be worth having a little...
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Lib Dem conference: 10 things I've learned
After five days in Liverpool, what have we found out?1The Lib Dems have made up their minds about the coalition – and they like it. Journalists came to Liverpool expecting to find evidence of a...
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Letters: Trident decision delay – a breathtaking betrayal or welcome news?
The Liberal Democrats have a long history of barely concealed hostility to nuclear deterrence. Successive Labour and Conservative governments, by contrast, have rightly regarded our strategic deterrent...
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Lib Dem tough talk and weak action
Vince Cable may have used tough language in comparing some of the practices in the City with those of "spivs and gamblers", but worse language has been used by City insiders (City lashes out at...
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Anxious Liberal Democrats swap purism for power
Liberal Democrat members put their faith in Nick Clegg as they eye up the long-term prizeNick Clegg and his party can be accused of many things – and they often are – but the Liberal Democrat...
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Cautious party conferences for uncertain times
The coalition has unsettled tribal divisions and made it more difficult for party leaders to verbally abuse their peersTory conference activists finally allowed themselves to get a teeny bit excited...
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What conference film-making taught me about the new political landscape |...
John Harris looks back on his tour of the three conferencesThis year's political party conference season was hyped up as one of the most interesting in years – and it really was. The Tories were...
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Health reforms face new challenge from Lib Dem rebels
Evan Harris and Shirley Williams plan to table a motion at the party conference demanding further changes to coalition billLiberal Democrat rebels are planning a fresh move against the government's...
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The Liberal Democrats are shaken, but not surprised | Chris Rennard
The party has been in a poor poll position before – but if Nick Clegg drives home the Lib Dems' strengths, it can bounce backSenior Liberal Democrats had been secretly preparing for a possible...
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Nick Clegg: Lib Dems will be 'awkward' to achieve goals in coalition
Deputy PM emphasises party's 'distinct voice' and describes Tories as 'our political enemies' in speech at party conferenceNick Clegg, the Liberal Democrat party leader and deputy prime minister, has...
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Lib Dem activists complain of 'authoritarian' vetting procedures
Members' motion condemns system of police accreditation to attend conference as an infringement on human rightsLiberal Democrat activists have clashed with the party authorities over "authoritarian"...
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Pupil premium pledge lifts Lib Dems
Lib Dems' desire to savour some good news is understandable, but announcement is not positive for every schoolA pupil premium for the poorest children was in both coalition partners' manifestos, but it...
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Vince Cable rules out 'coalition divorce'
Cable says he is 'positively committed' to the coalition ahead of keynote conference speech in which he will unveil plans to call time on spiralling boardroom payFollow the latest developments on our...
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Vince Cable's wake-up call for sleeping partners
The Lem Dem conference laughed, cheered and stamped. But that mood ebbed awayNow and again fate tosses you a fine metaphor. Yesterday we learned that the Titanic sank because of a misunderstanding. In...
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Liberal Democrat conference: welcome to the party
Everyone said the first Lib Dem conference since they gained power was going to be a mutinous affair. Instead, delegates seemed bemused by the fact anyone was even taking them seriouslyIf all the Lib...
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Vince Cable is right: capitalism is neither good nor evil – just useful |...
At the Liberal Democrat conference, Cable blasted the City in a way that no neoliberal couldNow that the pope is safely off the premises – not to mention Nick Clegg – it might be worth having a little...
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Lib Dem conference: 10 things I've learned
After five days in Liverpool, what have we found out?1The Lib Dems have made up their minds about the coalition – and they like it. Journalists came to Liverpool expecting to find evidence of a...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Letters: Trident decision delay – a breathtaking betrayal or welcome news?
The Liberal Democrats have a long history of barely concealed hostility to nuclear deterrence. Successive Labour and Conservative governments, by contrast, have rightly regarded our strategic deterrent...
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