Category Archives: Speeches

Ming meets PepsiCo President at Quaker Oats plant

Ming Campbell meeting Salman Amin, the President of PepsiCo UK, at the Quaker Oats plant in his constituency during a visit to see the £5 million investment to increase production capacity at the plant.

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Police have been turned into bureau cops

Research conducted by the Liberal Democrats has revealed that the police spent a total of 56 million hours filling in paperwork last year. In a keynote speech to the Police Federation, Liberal Democrat Leader Menzies Campbell said: “The police have …

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Campbell most trustworthy leader – poll

A new poll for the BBC’s Newsnight programme shows voters rate Ming Campbell the most trustworthy of the three party leaders set to contest the next general election. More than two-fifths of those questioned rated Ming as trustworthy, compared to …

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The British public should choose our next Prime Minister

Following the Prime Minister’s announcement to the Cabinet that he is to resign, Leader of the Liberal Democrats Ming Campbell has called for an immediate General Election: “Before the last General Election Tony Blair pledged to serve a full third …

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“Vulnerable should not pay for mistakes of powerful”

Raising the issue of chaos in the tax credit system, Liberal Democrat Leader Menzies Campbell asked the Prime Minister today why the Government had failed to implement the recommendations put forward by the parliamentary ombudsman in June 2005 and why, …

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