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10 years in the life of the LibDems
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10 years in the life of the LibDems

Posted on 29 December 2025 by Lion & Unicorn • Leave a comment

JONATHAN CALDER on the fall and rise of the Liberal Democrats over the last decade. Continue reading →

Calling all cliches: Specific criminal offences
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Calling all cliches: Specific criminal offences

Posted on 3 June 2021 by Lion & Unicorn • Leave a comment

What do we want? More criminal offences! When do we want them? All the time! Continue reading →

Election heroes and villains
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Election heroes and villains

Posted on 11 June 2017 by Lion & Unicorn • 2 Comments

Who were the winners and losers of the election? Here’s six of one and half-a-dozen of the other. Continue reading →

Morgan of the Month: Farron
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Morgan of the Month: Farron

Posted on 30 April 2017 by Lion & Unicorn • Leave a comment

Who got our goat in April? Continue reading →

Hooligan anarchists and the fine arts
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Hooligan anarchists and the fine arts

Posted on 19 September 2016 by Paul Saffer • Leave a comment

PAUL SAFFER on the lessons today’s Lib Dems can learn from their forebears. Continue reading →

‘Nobody’s poodles’: Liberals speak out
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‘Nobody’s poodles’: Liberals speak out

Posted on 17 September 2016 by Lion & Unicorn • Leave a comment

A century of Liberals and Lib Dems, summed up in 30 quotes. Continue reading →

After the Referendum: a long month in politics
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After the Referendum: a long month in politics

Posted on 23 July 2016 by Alwyn Turner • 4 Comments

ALWYN TURNER’s instant history of the thirty days that followed the referendum vote. Continue reading →

Culling all cliches: Hard working families
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Culling all cliches: Hard working families

Posted on 17 July 2016 by Lion & Unicorn • Leave a comment

Does a childless prime minister mean the end of families having to work so hard? Continue reading →

Referendum ad hominem
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Referendum ad hominem

Posted on 22 June 2016 by Sam Harrison • Leave a comment

For SAM HARRISON, the referendum choice is not which future, but whose. Continue reading →

‘Banal in the extreme’: A press portrait of Theresa May
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‘Banal in the extreme’: A press portrait of Theresa May

Posted on 5 October 2015 by Alwyn Turner • 9 Comments

ALWYN TURNER sums up the pre-premiership career of a difficult woman. Continue reading →

This week we have been mostly…
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This week we have been mostly…

Posted on 29 September 2015 by Lion & Unicorn • Leave a comment

A selection of the writing, wittering and viewing that has caught our attention over the past week. Continue reading →

A Liberal intervention
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A Liberal intervention

Posted on 21 September 2015 by Paul Saffer • 4 Comments

After the Liberal Democrats’ humiliation in May, PAUL SAFFER thinks they might have to look back to go forward. Continue reading →

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