Monthly Archives: August 2007

Ming’s Community Canvass Week

Liberal Democrat leader Ming Campbell has launched a major campaign initiative this week, emailing all the party’s members about plans for a mass “community canvass” across the UK in the week after the party’s autumn conference: I am a great …

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A giant who has spent his life tackling injustice

Commenting on his meeting with Nelson Mandela this morning, Liberal Democrat Leader Ming Campbell said: “It was an honour to meet Nelson Mandela, a leader who has spent his life tackling injustice. “He is a giant amongst the political figures …

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Ming Campbell launches plans for a carbon neutral Britain

Earlier today Ming Campbell launched the Liberal Democrats’ proposals to make Britain carbon neutral by 2050. He said: “With these policies the Liberal Democrats have become the first major British party to map out the route to a carbon neutral …

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Prime Minister’s Iraq letter could have been written by predecessor

Commenting in response to correspondence received from Gordon Brown on Iraq and Afghanistan in reply to a letter from himself, Liberal Democrat Leader Menzies Campbell said: “The Prime Minister’s letter simply rehearses the Government line and could have been written …

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US should stop trying to dictate British policy

Responding to comments made by George Bush’s adviser Frederick Kagan about the British strategy in Iraq, Liberal Democrat Leader Menzies Campbell said: “It is high time anyone in the US stopped trying to tell the British how to run our …

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