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Olympics are a chance for China to shape up

Ming Campbell has written an article for The Guardian‘s Comment is Free site about China’s human rights record in the run-up to the Beijing Olympics. China would win no medals for human rights. But things are still fluid, and there …

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Thumbs Up in Ealing Southall!

Party leader Ming Campbell and former leader Paddy Ashdown were in Ealing High Street yesterday to give their support to Liberal Democrat candidate Nigel Bakhai in the upcoming Ealing Southall by-election. Voters go to the polls this Thursday in one …

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Ming talks to New Statesman

The New Statesman has published an interview with Ming by Martin Bright. Where once he was not prepared to use his own story for political purposes (his relatively humble origins, his fight against cancer), he is now opening up. He …

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Campbell demands investigation into Saudi Prince payments

Liberal Democrat Leader Ming Campbell has called for an investigation into the Ministry of Defence’s role in processing payments – allegedly totalling £1 billion – to Prince Bandar bin Sultan of Saudi Arabia. Responding to the Defence Secretary’s failure to …

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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 …

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