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Mark Cole returns to Cardigan Town Council
When I first got involved in blogging, I came across the force of nature that is Mark Cole. At the time, back in 2009, he was Mayor of Cardigan at the age of just 26. He left the Council in search ...
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ALDC By-election Report, 20th February
There are 6 principal councils by-elections this week held across England and Scotland. Labour suffered big losses vote share wise but managed to hold 3 out of 4 of their seats, losing one to the SNP.
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The price of peace: Budgeting for a secure future
History offers a sobering lesson. Winston Churchill warned of the perils of underinvestment in defence long before the threat of Nazi aggression materialized. His insistence on prioritising ...
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Devolution – whither localism? Part 2
The government’s White Paper on devolution within England proposes unitary local authorities with a minimum population of 500,000, as discussed in part one of this article.The other significant ...
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We should be spending 4% of GDP on defence
The facts around the fighting in the Donbas in 2014 are pretty well known. After the Russian Invasion of Crimea, the Ukrainian government in Kyiv was in disarray. The first forces sent to the ...
Liberal Democrat Voice6d
How do we defend liberalism from this attack?
Liberal democracy is not the default setting for forms of government. Autocracy, or dictatorships, are. Liberal democracies, and the open and liberal societies on which they rest, have to be ...
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How do we deal with this epidemic of Nazi salutes?
Tayside Mental Health and Wellbeing website Labour Minister under investigation The Making of Gone to Earth 3 Why did Labour lose two of the three seats in Leicester in the middle of a landslide?
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Ten years on – it’s time for change
Ten years ago I wrote in Lib Dem Voice about the need for a governance review of the English Party. I urged consideration of what functions of the State party could be better delivered at a ...
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Gnus and Goats: The Liberal Democrats’ Approach to Coalition Building in 2029
Today, Germany faces a test at its 2025 federal election. Following the atrocities of the National Socialists, will enough Germans be willing to support far-right politics to the extent that the ...
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Observations of an Expat: Zelensky’s Options
@David Garlic. Trump supporters may talk of changing the constitution. Clearly they haven’t read it. (Which by the way would take you less than an hour). A change to the constitution requires a ...
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A North Atlantic Union: A bold vision for the future
As the world faces increasing geopolitical uncertainty, the nations of the North Atlantic find themselves at a crossroads. With Donald Trump’s isolationist rhetoric and ambitions to bring Canada ...
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How we’re using our alternative Council budget to take the fight to Labour
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