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A new strategy for Iraq
Following Liberal Democrat Leader Sir Menzies Campbell's article in the Guardian the Party has launched their new strategy for Iraq. The full document can be downloaded from the party website -…
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Government is covering up the facts about ID cards
The Freedom of Information watchdog ordered the Department of Work and Pensions to publish its findings about how the cards could fight ID fraud, the department has decided to appeal against the…
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Sir Menzies Campbell condemns unequal US - UK extradition treaty
The Liberal Democrats will tomorrow table an 'Extradition (United States of America) Bill' which would require the presentation of evidence to a judge before a person can be extradited to the US. Sir…
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Sir Menzies says only a UN-led peace process can halt the Iraq catastrophe
Writing in today's Guardian Liberal Democrat Leader Sir Menzies Campbell says the government cannot justify the continuing presence of our troops unless it shows it has learned from its failures and…
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Bromley swing would see Liberal Democrats win in Bedford
The Conservatives only just retained their seventeenth safest seat in the country with a tiny 633 majority, despite a huge swing to the Liberal Democrats from both the Conservatives and Labour. A…
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Full nuclear weapons debate urged by Lib Dems
Gordon Brown has given his support for maintaining Britain as a nuclear power, angering some on the Labour left. Liberal Democrat defence spokesman Nick Harvey said "We are rushing headlong into a…
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PM's authority draining away as Government reputation reaches crisis point
Charles Clarke has said the Labour Government is lacking leadership and direction because Tony Blair has lost his sense of purpose. The former Home Secretary has spoken of the Government becoming…
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Blair's crime measures speech is an admission of failure
Responding to Tony Blair's speech on crime, Liberal Democrat Shadow Home Secretary, Nick Clegg MP said "This is clearly an admission of failure by the Prime Minister. It is striking that after 10…
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Campbell warns nuclear power is "the ultimate stealth tax"
A new generation of nuclear power stations will cost taxpayers and consumers tens of billions of pounds, Sir Menzies Campbell MP, Leader of the Liberal Democrats has warned.
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Amnesty confirms that UK colluded in CIA terror flights
Britain is a "partner in crime" with the United States in organising secret flights to move terror suspects around the world and UK ministers have adopted a "see no evil, hear no evil" approach to…
