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What we need is not constant ‘growth’ or complete ‘degrowth’ but intelligent economic development
In his recent article, John Hills offers some helpful reflections about the political future of the LibDems. As John writes: ‘It is necessary to go beyond individual policies and good ideas, to find ...
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Maiden speeches: Ben Maguire MP for North Cornwall
Ben Maguire made his maiden speech on Thursday 10th October in a debate entitled “Sport: TeamGB and ParalympicsGB”: Here is the full text of the speech: Many congratulations to the hon. Member for ...
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Maiden speeches: David Chadwick MP for Brecon, Radnor & Cwm Tawe
David Chadwick made his maiden speech on Tuesday 8th October during a debate on Farming & Food Security: Here is the full text of the speech: I stand here as the first ever MP for Brecon, Radnor and ...
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Maiden speeches: Vikki Slade MP for Mid Dorset & North Poole
Vikki Slade made her maiden speech on Thursday 10th October in a debate entitled “Sport: TeamGB and ParalympicsGB”: ...
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Assisted Dying and Palliative Care; it isn’t a choice, we need both.
With Kim Leadbeater’s Private Members Bill on Assisted Dying comes up for its Second Reading at the end of next month, now is ...
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Are we still the party of Beveridge?
The Liberal Democrats, ran on a manifesto focusing on health and social care. However upon reading it on the day of its release I was disappointed - because it actually said very little about ...
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Daisy Cooper says no to fuel and NI rises and yes to more investment in public services
Daisy Cooper was on Sunday with Trevor Phillips on Sky News. As our new Treasury Spokesperson, she was asked about what she ...
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Observations of an Expat: Navalny v. Putin
Putin’s Russia is based on corruption and “lies, nothing but lies.” “It will,” he has written,  inevitably “crumble and collapse.” The late Navalny’s scathing assessment is a central theme in his ...
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ALDC By-Election Report, 17th October
It’s back-to-back by-election gargantuan week for by-elections as we see 16 held this Thursday. It was another disaster week for Labour: they only held half of the 8 seats they were defending, losing ...
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Maiden speeches: Roz Savage, MP for South Cotswolds
Roz Savage made her maiden speech last week. You may remember that we highlighted her last week, after her success in being given the chance to introduce a private members bill on Climate Change and ...
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We should oppose any mass surveillance in Labour’s Fraud Bill
In Citizen’s Britain Paddy Ashdown argued that despite the Conservative government’s claims of “rolling back the frontiers of ...
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Maiden speeches: Luke Taylor, MP for Sutton and Cheam
Luke Taylor made his maiden speech last week in the debate on Farming and Food Security. Here is his speech in full: Thank you, Madam Deputy Speaker, for giving me this opportunity. It is a pleasure ...