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• Alan Jelfs
  Well, Zack Polanski and the Greens shows why opening up the eligibility for leadership may not be a good idea....
• Mick Taylor
  @TristanWard. Growth and doing something about climate change are of course incompatible. I despair that our leaders call for growth rather than the obvious alt...
• Alex Macfie
  PS The policy document mentions "securing rights to human review and transparency in AI decision-making". This is something that is urgently needed, as anyone w...
• Alex Macfie
  I took a look at Opportunity's digital policy and it's exactly what the Lib Dems should be saying. https://www.opportunity.org.nz/digital-future See also htt...
• Mick Taylor
  @DavidRaw. To be strictly accurate, the Church in Wales and the Church in Scotland play no state role since they were disestablished by the 1906-14 Liberal Gove...