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1. We need a tax rise to fund additional defence spending 
2. Separation of Powers and Civil Liberties in the UK are now at breaking point
3. The social media ban is illiberal, unworkable, and our stance is the wrong one
4. We are being held hostage by the Tory voters who have lent us their vote
5. ALDC's By Election Report 11.06.26

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• The government’s £1bn school sports revamp talks a good game on SEND inclusion. So why are disabled children being benched? (Jean-François Burford)
• Don’t slam the brakes on Britain’s EV revolution (Mark Hofman)
• “How will you pay for it?” – The reply I’d love to hear Ed Davey give (Jamie Dalzell)
• The Lib Dems created the triple lock – we should be the ones to set the terms for its end (Adam Shaw)
• We are being held hostage by the Tory voters who have lent us their vote (Theo Rodwell)

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• Reform inadvertently lose their majority
• The Major Oak is dead and Phil Harding has discovered another ancient site near Stonehenge
• Reform own goals
• Following the course of the River Leen through Nottingham
• Joe Jackson: It's Different for Girls
• Trumps' White House thuggery appals the world including most Americans
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• The toxic legacy of Brexit

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