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Atten-shun! Paddy's back to lead the Lib Dems over the top
Supersize Nick Clegg wheels out the 'big' guns in a speech that ladled on the superlatives like a fast food menuMuch the biggest cheer during Nick Clegg's conference speech came when he announced that...
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John Crace's digested read: speech tethers 'core scapegoat ethos'
The Lib Dems are chivvied into cheering losers, drawing a line in the sand and moving onwards together with amnesiaThis summer we cheered as our athletes won gold after gold at the Olympics. But we...
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Lib Dem conference: gimps, Cleggism and 'JEET'
Our writer expected despair and leadership battles at the Lib Dem conference. But after three days in Brighton he found the party laughing in the face of adversityA drunk in a gimp suit marches down...
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The leader of the Liberal Democrat party, Nick Clegg, speaks on the last day of the party's conference in Brighton, warning the delegates of more tough times ahead
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Nick Clegg reprises scare-mongering Greek comparisons | Polly Toynbee
Remorse? Regret? Atonement? No. Liberal Democrat leader says there's no turning back, even as the economy plummetsThe day of atonement, what better day for Nick Clegg's big speech? He has shrunk his...
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Liberal Democrat conference: numbers shrink, cost doesn't
Curtains in the hall in Brighton are cunningly deployed as leader Nick Clegg has a good and bad day• Attending party conferences doesn't get cheaper. It cost Lib Dem MPs at least £1,000 to be in...
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Trident submarine missiles review to suggest 'stepping down nuclear ladder'
Ousted defence minister Nick Harvey claims military and Whitehall backing for cheaper alternativesThe government's review of the future of the Trident submarine nuclear missile system is likely to...
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Liberal Democrats: Nick agrees with Nick | Editorial
So it turns out he's not that sorry. Nick Clegg's apology was not for breaking his pledge on student fees, but only for having espoused an imprudent policy in the first placeSo it turns out he's not...
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For a future Lib-Lab coalition work needs to begin now | Martin Kettle
Convergence needn't be either party's principal aim but, if it comes to pass, then it's better it goes well than goes badlyIt was the then owner and editor of this newspaper who, a hundred years ago...
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All hail Nick Clegg, architect of Labour's 2015 election victory | Howard Reed
If the defection of voters from Lib Dem to Labour continues, Clegg will have achieved the holy grail – reunification of the leftAt the Liberal Democrat conference, Nick Clegg was complimentary about Ed...
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Lib Dems live out a Greek tragedy
In simultaneously seeking to assert a classically Liberal identity for his party while pledging his continued allegiance to the coalition project, Nick Clegg unwittingly exposes the fundamental...
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Time to put the party back into conference season
The annual political gathering has never been more lucrative – or more alienating to the public at large. Is it time to find an alternative to all this corporate boredom?Nine days ago, on the very...
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Who claimed most credit for the Olympics?
London 2012 has had more than a few mentions during party conference season, but who gets the gold for glory grabbing?David CameronGlory-snatching rating: 6/10What he said: I was trying to think of my...
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Politicians are celebrating the Olympics but forgetting their promises, says...
Sports and Recreation Alliance says party conferences basked in Olympic glory but ignored sporting policyThe body representing the country's biggest sporting organisations has accused politicians of...
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The party leaders impressed their own gangs – the voters less so | Andrew...
Despite the rhetoric, they struggle to get closer to a project that will get the majority of the nation behind themI am confident that you were paying close attention to the party conferences, so...
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Lib Dems draw up job-share plans to boost number of women MPs
Idea to be put to spring conference as parties struggle to find ways to increase female representation in parliamentPlans for MPs to job share in parliament are being developed by the Liberal Democrats...
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Liberal Democrats gather for Brighton spring conference
Former leader Sir Menzies Campbell says party must move on from recent scandals involving Chris Huhne and Lord RennardThe Liberal Democrats are ready to overcome recent scandals and should be...
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Nick Clegg faces battle with party left as it looks for a 'true liberal' path
The Lib Dem leader hoped for a rousing spring conference after the Eastleigh success. But with a leading member resigning and demands for a rethink on economic policy, the backdrop to Sunday's speech...
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Rising Lib Dem campaigner quits over secret courts 'realpolitik'
Jo Shaw attacks Nick Clegg in resignation speech as Liberal Democrat MPs come under fire at party conferenceThe leading Liberal Democrat campaigner against secret courts resigned from the party at the...
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Lib Dems no longer party of protest but of government, says Nick Clegg
Deputy prime minister also uses spring conference speech to play down economic policy divisions at top of partyA newly optimistic Nick Clegg, saved from the near-death experience of the Eastleigh...
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