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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.

KEEP CALM AND CARRY ON

Normality reigns in Kyiv but mass emigration poses dangers for Ukraine’s future, says John Smithson

SLICING UP RED LEICESTER

Leicester East saw the only Tory gain at the 2024 general election and Leicester South a shadow cabinet member beaten by an independent who campaigned on Gaza. Alistair Jones explains what’s been happening

IT WON’T BE LIKE THAT NEXT TIME

Complacency in a dangerous world is no substitute for leadership and vision. 2024 was then and a new approach is needed, writes Gareth Epps

THE JIMMY CARTER I KNEW

President Carter’s brief tenure in the White House was followed by a long career of humanitarian and political activity, recalls Rebecca Tinsley, who worked with him

THE GREAT PR TRAP

Lib Dems have for decades sought proportional representation but the greatest beneficiary could be Nigel Farage, says Sophie Layton

REVIEWS

• Unleashed, by Boris Johnson (reviewed by Nick Winch)
• Losing It: The Conservative Party and the 2024 General Election, by Michael A Ashcroft (Jonathan Calder)
• Serpents, Goats and Turkeys, by David Laws (Gareth Epps)
• What’s next for the Liberal Democrats?, by Mark Pack and Jim Williams (Sophie Layton)
• The Last Days of Liz Truss? [play], by Greg Wilkinson (Mark Smulian)
• Patriot, by Alexei Navalny (Rebecca Tinsley)
• Nazi Billionaires, by David de Jong (Rebecca Tinsley)
• Thoroughly Modern. The pioneering life of Barbara Ker-Seymer. Photographer, and her brilliant bohemian, by Sarah Knights (Stewart Rayment)