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Liberal Democrats

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One in three graduates not repaying student loans »

Student bills

One third of graduates from British universities cannot afford to pay back their student loans, claim the Liberal Democrats.The Lib Dem's innovation, universities and skills secretary, Stephen Williams described the situation as “shocking” ...

Tue 14 Oct 2008 by Adam Bergin | Read more »

Polls predict Labour wipeout »

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Fri 03 Oct 2008 by Ross Melton, Paris Gourtsoyannis | Read more »

Carry on carry-out »

Ross Finnie

Most people agree that the alcohol culture in Scotland must change. Anybody out and about on a Friday and Saturday evening will have seen the unpleasant effects of over-indulgence.We all know the medical impact of too much alcohol. Health professiona...

Fri 19 Sep 2008 by Ross Finnie | Read more »

Lib Dem inconsistencies cause rows at Holyrood »

Lib Dems

The Scottish Liberal Democrats have been accused of hypocrisy by their political counterparts after they presented a conflicting environmental policy.The row broke out in Holyrood after the Lib Dem's environmental spokesperson called for the government...

Tue 26 Feb 2008 by Helen Walker | Read more »

Skeletons in the closet »

Lib Dems

For the uninitiated, a gathering of Liberal Democrat party activists and elected members at first appears to be a particularly hostile environment to thrust oneself into so early on a Saturday morning. To begin with, amongst the hardly venue-busting...

Tue 20 Nov 2007 by Paris Gourtsoyannis | Read more »

Edinburgh hosts Liberal Democrat leadership debate »

Liberal Democrat leadership candidates at their party's hustings in Edinburgh

The Liberal Democrats have held their leadership hustings in Edinburgh as the party seeks a replacement for Sir Menzies Campbell.Leadership candidates Nick Clegg, MP for Sheffield Hallam, and Chris Huhne, MP for Eastleigh, near Southampton, addressed...

Mon 19 Nov 2007 by Paris Gourtsoyannis | Read more »

Huhne's afraid of Nick Clegg? »

Lighting the fire of debate

"Presentation, presentation, presentation:" if Nick Clegg is ever to adopt a mantra, then this should probably be it. A recent TV appearance saw him admitting to old bat-ears Andrew Marr that any major differences between himself and his only...

Mon 05 Nov 2007 by Alison Lutton | Read more »

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