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Lib Dems will rattle the cage of British politics

In his leader’s speech Menzies Campbell has attacked the cosy consensus between Labour and the Conservatives and committed the Liberal Democrats to rattling the cage of British politics: “On so many of the major political issues there is a two-party …

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Leading the way on community canvassing

Ming Campbell will be leading by example during his Community Canvass Week following the Liberal Democrats’ upcoming conference. The party leader and colleagues will be out canvassing in Cupar, in his constituency of North East Fife. Liberal Democrats up and …

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Government has failed to learn from floods

Liberal Democrat Leader Ming Campbell has criticised the Government for failing to learn the lessons of the summer’s floods. He was in Gloucestershire visiting a fire brigade control room that is facing closure. As the BBC reports: He said: “The …

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Our best weekend of canvassing for over a decade

Liberal Democrat Leader Ming Campbell has emailed party members congratulating them on a record-breaking weekend of campaigning: This week’s campaigning in Ealing – which included three visits from myself to back Nigel Bakhai – ended with a record burst of …

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Lib Dems will “rattle the cage of British politics”

Ming Campbell this afternoon gave a speech to Liberal Democrat staff. In it, he set out the party’s approach to the new Brown government, which will take office tomorrow. He promised that the party would be “rattling the cage of …

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