Monthly Archives: August 2006

Leading the field

As part of the Edinburgh Festival’s Festival of Politics, you can watch Ming chat informally to Douglas Fraser, Scottish Political Editor of The Herald, about his life in politics, his vision for the Lib Dems, for Scotland and beyond via …

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The Government’s foreign policy is just plain wrong

Ming Campbell wrote today in the Observer as follows: The ceasefire in Lebanon is holding, if only by a thread, which makes it all the more unacceptable that there was so much reluctance on the part of the British government …

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Getting on with our job as the real opposition to the Government

August 17, 2006: Ming Campbell emailed party members as follows: Politics never stands still. Even in the short time since my election as Leader of the Liberal Democrats in March, the landscape now looks quite different. Tony Blair is looking …

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Tackle the root causes of crime : take serious crime seriously

In this video, Ming Campbell discusses practical measures to reduce crime introduced by Liberal Democrats around the country and talks about his experience as a prosecutor of serious crime.

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Ceasefire delay costing lives

Commenting on the reports that an Israeli strike has killed 40 people in Southern Lebanon, Leader of the Liberal Democrats, Ming Campbell said: This is a tragedy. While the diplomatic effort stalls, the dismantling of Lebanon continues. We need a …

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