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Merry Christmas to all our readers and contributors. Thank you for making LDV a great space. Exciting times ahead as we look forward to our 20th birthday in August!
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This week @hulbertmathew writes about generational inequality in his Mathew on Monday column. libdemvoice.org/mathew-on-mo…

Mathew on Monday: time to end the triple lock and finally give younger generations a fair deal

On Wednesday the Chancellor Rachel Reeves will deliver her long awaited (long feared?) Budget at a critical time for Britain’s economy and society. As liberals committed to inter-generational...

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.@vincecable asks “What happened to wealth tax?” libdemvoice.org/what-happene…

What happened to wealth tax?

There are few issues which animate both the super-rich and the political Left more than the notion of a wealth tax. The idea has been championed by the French Left: a 2% levy would be levied on the...

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Ed Davey invites "one nation Conservatives" to join the Lib Dems by @caronmlindsay libdemvoice.org/ed-davey-inv…

Ed Davey invites “one nation” Tories to join Lib Dems

As Kemi Badenoch frightened a lot of progressive horses with her plans to get rid of the Climate Change Act, leave the European Convention on Human Rights, put the Human Rights Act on a bonfire and...

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This week’s Mathew on Monday has a gem for political nerds and asks about progressive alliances by @MathewHulbert libdemvoice.org/mathew-on-mo…

Mathew on Monday – nasty party, progressive alliances and a new book

Labour…the real nasty party! Famously, at the 2002 Conservative Party Conference, the then Tory Chairman and future Prime Minister Theresa May called her own party ‘the nasty party.’ Or, to be fair,...

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Tough on Farage, tough on the causes of Farage by @roz_savage MP libdemvoice.org/roz-savage-m…

Roz Savage MP writes: Tough on Farage, tough on the causes of Farage

Nigel Farage is not the disease but a symptom of a sick system. Here’s how we can fix it. Nature abhors a vacuum. Britain’s party-political system has been hollowing out for years – declining...

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Lib Dems on Starmer’s digital id plans: Nope libdemvoice.org/lib-dems-on-…

Lib Dems on Starmer’s digital ID: Nope.

Keir Starmer is expected to announce a compulsory digital ID card for British citizens tomorrow. Thankfully, our Science and Technology spokesperson Victoria Collins has committed the party to...

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Which MP got sweary on the fringe? Our editor @caronmlindsay thinks he is right. libdemvoice.org/carons-confe…

Caron’s Conference Diary: Lobsters and an MP barking “at the f***ing tide”

It’s 10 am on Sunday morning as I write this. I’ve already been to an 8am consultation session, of which more later.  So far my Conference has been everything I’ve wanted it to be – a wonderful...

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Boycotting Trump by @vincecable libdemvoice.org/vince-cable-…

Vince Cable writes: Boycotting Trump

Whoever advises Ed Davey gets full marks for suggesting the boycott of next week’s  Trump banquet at the Palace. And congratulations to Ed for taking up the right issue in the right way at the right...

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A price we cannot allow Ukraine to pay.” @EdwardJDavey calls out the BS from last night. libdemvoice.org/a-price-we-c…

“A price we cannot allow Ukraine to pay” – Ed Davey calls out the BS from last night’s White House...

Not going to lie, I don’t often punch the air and squeal during Ed Davey interviews, but he has just been fabulous on BBC Breakfast. I watched the scenes from the White House last night with a...

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.@cajardineMP requests urgent meeting with Minister over LGBTQ+ rights libdemvoice.org/christine-ja…

Christine Jardine requests meeting with Minister over LGBTQ+ rights

Lib Dem Women and Equalities Spokesperson Christine Jardine has written to Women and Equalities Minister Bridget Phillipson to ask for an urgent meeting to address the implications for the LGBTQ+...

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We are appalled by the way @Wera_Hobhouse has been treated and send her and her family our best wishes. libdemvoice.org/wera-hobhous…

Wera Hobhouse refused entry to Hong Kong to see new grandson

I remember the anticipation of going to meet my first niece when she was born during Lib Dem conference at Harrogate. At least I only had a 4 hour train ride in the same country to take to meet this...

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.@vincecable writes "Bullied bullies and the New World Order libdemvoice.org/bullied-bull…

Bullied bullies and the New World Order

It is a common trait of bullies that they resort to self-pity; claiming to have been bullied themselves. Yet such psychopathology is found not only in the school playground but in the affairs of...

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75 years on from Jo Grimond's first election, @amcarmichaelMP talks to @iaindale about getting involved in politics, representing an island seat, the coalition, wands and much more. libdemvoice.org/alistair-car…

Alistair Carmichael on Iain Dale’s All Talk on 75th anniversary of Jo Grimond’s election

Every week I read Iain Dale’s weekly newsletter. Before you rush to judgement, there is always a picture of some very cute dogs at the end even if I often disagree with the political stuff. I often...

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Vince Cable writes: Standing up to Trump libdemvoice.org/vince-cable-…

Vince Cable writes…Standing up to Trump

I know from experience that leading the Liberal Democrats is a frustrating job; marginalised in the media and patronised by the two traditional parties. But periodically we hit on a message which...

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Lib Dem Peer Jenny Randerson dies at 76 libdemvoice.org/lib-dem-peer…

Lib Dem Peer Jenny Randerson dies at 76

We’ve just heard the sad news that Lib Dem peer Jenny Randerson died yesterday at her home in Cardiff at the age of 76. Welsh Lib Dem Leader Jane Dodds said: I am deeply saddened by the news of Jenny...

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Be like Jimmy by @caronmlindsay libdemvoice.org/be-like-jimm… #JimmyCarter

Be like Jimmy

Yes, I know we’re supposed to be on a festive break, but there is no way I could let the passing of one of my political heroes go unremarked. Ed Davey was one of the first to pay tribute to former US...

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Beware asking “What next for Syria?” By Jonathan Brown libdemvoice.org/beware-askin…

Beware asking ‘What next for Syria?’

Trigger warning – this post contains some distressing details about torture. Wherever events in Syria are being discussed by western media and politicians, one question is asked over and over again:...

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Shadows over Damascus: the unravelling of a regime by Mo Waqas libdemvoice.org/shadows-over…

Shadows over Damascus: The unravelling of a regime

Bashar al-Assad has fled, and HTS fighters, backed by Turkey, have taken control of Damascus. It immediately brought to mind the fall of Kabul to the Taliban only a few years ago—how quickly power...

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.@vincecable writes for us: Green policies under fire libdemvoice.org/a-longer-rea…

A longer read: Green policies under fire

The politics of climate change has got a whole lot uglier.  ‘Saving the planet’ may make for good speeches to the party faithful but the political costs are now becoming more apparent. The planned...

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