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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 …

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Campbell challenges Blair over BAE scandal

Ming Campbell has challenged Tony Blair to make a statement to the House of Commons after the BBC uncovered evidence that the arms company BAE secretly paid £1bn to Prince Bandar of Saudi Arabia in connection with Britain’s biggest ever …

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Environment deal at G8 that ignores science is unacceptable

Commenting ahead of the summit of the Group of Eight leading industrial nations, Liberal Democrat Leader Ming Campbell warned the G8 leaders that they should not seek to play politics with the issue of climate change by reaching compromise solutions …

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Half of all black men on DNA database by 2010

Liberal Democrat Leader Ming Campbell today raised concerns over the fact that over half of all British black men will soon have their information held on the DNA database. Ming Campbell said the Government’s insistence on keeping people’s records on …

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Liberal Democrats launch petition on Freedom of Information

The Liberal Democrats today launched a national petition against proposals to exempt MPs from Freedom of Information rules. The petition calls on all political parties to back the campaign. Edward Davey MP, Chief of Staff to Liberal Democrat Leader Ming …

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