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Leaving UKIP for the Liberal Democrats

By J W | Tue 28th July 2015 - 8:17 pm

I finally decided to leave UKIP in June this year.

Let me first say, this has not been an easy decision. It has taken me a year of talking to fellow party members, scrutinising Lib Dem party policy and wrestling with my own personal & political convictions. In the end the right choice was for me to join the Liberal Democrats.

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