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The Liberal Democrats are a shambles, widely reviled for betraying people’s trust on tuition fees and led by an old man with no charisma. Yet…

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It was exactly 160 years ago, on 9 June 1859, that the various liberal factions that came to make up the Victorian Liberal Party met…

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This is my stand on The Radical Centre: A Ten-Point Guide. It is a seven-point programme for a radical centre 1) Introduce seriously representative  democracy to replace…

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Let us take the case of Germany, often believed to be a paragon of hard-headed rationality and good economic management. When the Berlin Wall came…

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On June 6, celebrating the 75th anniversary of their landing in Normandy, the Great Western Allied Powers had invited Germany to the festivities. But no…

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You can’t help noticing, looking back at the past century or so of UK political history, that a split in the Conservative Party can be…

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Several years ago, I remember meeting one particular investment manager and asking him what his investment approach was. He said: ¨We avoid everything that the…

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“Any change is resisted because bureaucrats have a vested interest in the chaos in which they exist.” Richard Nixon There doesn’t seem to be any…

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The latest meme that is taking flight is that a UK trade deal with the US would somehow mean giving up the NHS. This was…

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On Sunday, on an official trip to Switzerland, the US Secretary of State said that the United States was ready to talk to Iran “without…

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Let us imagine, for a moment, that Boris had backed Remain. He announces he is due to deliver a keynote speech. He is still a…

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“What people want in this country is action and not too much talk.” Rory Stewart What is the radical centre? This is suddenly a more important…

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