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Liberator 427 is out and can be downloaded for free here:

In Liberator 427 we have Commentary, news in Radical Bulletin, Letters, Lord Bonkers’ Diary and:

NOW’S OUR CHANCE

The age of Trump and Starmer needs a radical liberal response based on defending the NHS, rejoining the single market and developing an appeal to working class voters. Paul Hindley explains how to do this

AFGHANISTAN : A COMPLICATED COUNTRY

Keith House and Tonia Craig travelled to one of the world’s least visited countries as tourists in December to see Taliban control in practice

UNSAFE AS HOUSES

Crises over homelessness and substandard housing will continue unless society stops viewing homes as investments, says Martin Wrigley MP

DYING FOR THE RIGHT LAW

Nick Winch’s mother wanted to die but could not legally hasten this. He says the Bill before Parliament may improve things but is full of problems

MAYORS’ NESTS

Labour’s devolution reforms pose a serious threat to the Liberal Democrat approach to local campaigning, says Chris White

FROM THE UKRAINE FRONTLINE

Kiron Reid found himself under fire in Ukraine and found that while more people feel a peace deal is needed, they will never trust Russia.

New issue of Liberator is out

Liberator 426 is out and you can download it for free here: https://liberatormagazine.org.uk/recent-issues/

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In addition to Commentary, Radical Bulletin and Lord Bonkers’ Diary, we have in this issue:

You can download Liberator 423 for free here. 

What’s inside this issue?

SEVEN WAYS TO EXPLOIT LABOUR’S FRACTURES

The Tories look finished, but Labour is not as united or powerful as it looks and the Liberal Democrats can exploit this if they are bold enough, says Roger Hayes

‘USELESS’ LEAVES

The SNP’s recent fiascos have opened opportunities for other parties in Scotland, says Nigel Lindsey

PUB TALK AFTER 2 MAY

Crystal ball gazing may belong in the pub but the 2 May results give some clear pointers for what may be about to happen to each party, says Chris White

Liberator 410 can be downloaded here. This is the November 2021 online-only edition of Liberator and we hope you enjoy reading it.

What’s inside this issue?

Alongside Radical Bulletin, Commentary, Letters, and Lord Bonkers’ Diary, Liberator 410 includes:

China goes fox hunting

Pressure from the Chinese Communist party to suit down criticism – even in the west – is the greatest threat we face, says Ed Lucas

Priti vacant

The arrival of Afghan refugees exposes Home Office incompetence and Rebecca Tinsley is among those picking up the pieces of western flight from Afghanistan.

JOHNSON PUTS THE CLOCK BACK 60 YEARS

Committing to rejoining the single market would be popular among …

Liberator 406 is out and can be downloaded for free here. You can also sign up through the website to receive each issue as it comes out.

Alongside Radical Bulletin, Letters, Reviews and Lord Bonkers’ Diary, Liberator 406 includes:

NUCLEAR OPTION
Are Liberal Democrat members just electrons floating around or part of the nucleus of something larger, asks David Grace

THE VOTERS TORIES WANT TO TURN AWAY
Voter suppression – in particular of young people and ethnic groups – is a feature of Americans politics the Government seeks to import here, says Shaun Roberts

DETENTION QUESTIONS ON THE DOORSTEP
The Government looks set to make the immigration detention system even worse, and the issue will come up at elections. Margaret Lally arms Liberal Democrats with some answers

Liberator 401 is on its way to subscribers and is available as a free download from our website.

We’d – fortuitously – decided before the pandemic to go free online only from September but because many potential readers are stuck at home we’re putting our last few print issues up online too as they come out.

The website also has a free archive of copies back to 2001.

Liberator 401 includes:

• The People They Forgot – It was too little, too late when the Government tried to protect care homes from Covid-19, leading to a scandal of needless deaths, say Claire Tyler and

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Issue 392 of Liberator is on its way to subscribers.

Our first free sample article for this issue is by Vince Cable on his plans for a supporters scheme and changing restrictions on who can be a candidate and vote in leadership elections. This longer article explains his reasoning in more detail than has appeared elsewhere.

In the other free article Caron Lindsay says the immigration policy paper going to the Brighton conference is so flawed that it must be defeated.

Both are on: www.liberatormagazine.org.uk and to get the new issue of the magazine do come to our stall …

Issue 389 of Liberator is on its way to subscribers.

This issue starts with assessments by Paul Hindley of the Bernard Greaves and David Howarth booklet Towards a Liberal Future – which is available as a free download at: www.liberatormagazine.org.uk – and by Susan Simmonds of the Social Liberal Forum’s Four Go In Search of Big Ideas: putting progressive Ideas at the heart of politics. See: www.socialliberal.net

Our two free sample articles from this issue concern two major controversies in the recent news that have not yet played out. Lib Dem peer Trevor Smith looks at how the collapse of …

Issue 387 of Liberator is on its way to subscribers.

Find out with our two free articles from this issue why Paul Hindley thinks the Lib Dems have chosen irrelevance over outspokenness despite being on only 7.4% of the vote, and Tony Greaves’ explanation of why Liberalism needs its capital L.

Also in this issue:

• Peter Harvey gives a resident’s take on why the move for Catalan independence is an elite defending itself.
• Claire Tyler looks at how to turn round the inequality that led to the Brexit vote.
• Peter Black explains what’s gone wrong in Wales after the recent

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