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Opinion: Why I am backing Tim Farron

Tim Farron MP speaks at the rallyI heard Tim Farron speak at Conference this year. In a debate run by the Centre Forum his ideas and enthusiasm sparkled and I left with new inspiration and hope. I was feeling pretty deflated, not by the undoubted achievements of the Liberal Democrats in office, and as a teacher in an inner city comprehensive I know the great benefit of the pupil premium, but by the things that had gone through Parliament which I felt to be wrong and unjust. The bedroom tax stands out among them and it is to Tim’s credit that he did not support it. Improvements to schools can make such a difference but only by levelling the gap in our unequal society can you really transform life chances.

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