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Monthly Archives: June 2007
Blair’s government should be ashamed of child poverty figures
Commenting on a study on child poverty by the Centre for Longitudinal Studies which shows a higher incidence in children from single parent families and ethnic minorities, Liberal Democrat Leader Ming Campbell said: “These figures should be a source of …
Posted in Media releases, Poverty
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Gordon Brown must announce a target date for withdrawal
Giving evidence to the Iraq Commission, Liberal Democrat Leader Ming Campbell called on Gordon Brown to give a target date for withdrawal of British troops from Iraq when he becomes Prime Minister. He said that during his visit to Iraq …
Posted in Iraq, Media releases
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Campbell calls for powers to pass to Parliament
From today’s Independent: Sir Menzies Campbell, the Liberal Democrat leader, has challenged the prime minister-in-waiting to match his rhetoric on reform by introducing a radical package of measures to allow Parliament to hold the Government to account. He also called …
Posted in Speeches
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Goldsmith must answer questions
Ming Campbell has called on the Attorney General, Lord Goldsmith, to answer the allegations made by The Guardian about payments to a Saudi Arabian prince being covered up: If it is true that information about payments made to Prince Bandar …
Posted in Al Yamamah
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Too many of our hard won freedoms have been lost
Writing for The Guardian’s Comment is Free website, Ming Campbell said: Two years ago, Tony Blair said that the world’s most powerful countries “will not allow violence to change our societies or our values”. In truth, he has done exactly …
Posted in Articles, Human Rights
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