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Maajid Nawaz

Maajid Nawaz writes… We, as Lib Dems, must seek to liberalise

By Maajid Nawaz | Sat 14th June 2014 - 8:30 am

preambleThere’s no question that my party – the Liberal Democrats – took a battering in last month’s local and EU elections. Even my own prospective constituency, London’s Hampstead and Kilburn, was left shaken.

The Liberals Democrats are currently fair game across all sectors of society. But it is important for the public, and for party members, to know that it will not always be like this. Liberalism not only can, but must survive this.

It must survive because nobody wants a return to the pendulum years of Thatcher for three terms …

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  • Mick Taylor
    @TristanWard. I have never been Mike my entire life. Please don’t take it upon yourself to unilaterally change my name...
  • David Le Grice
    Oddly the article leaves out the full context of the Kirklees result. This was a lib dem ward prior to the may elections which reform gained from us. So winnin...
  • David Warren
    Delighted to have contributed to the win in Almondbury by making several hundred phone calls to voters. Winning Here!...
  • Tristan Ward
    @ Mike , yes an encouraging night....
  • Mick Taylor
    A rather good council by-election week. I see the doomsayers are not saying that our performance is terrible this week, but they're not saying anything positive...