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Opinion: The Flame

By John Grout | Mon 18th May 2015 - 11:43 am

We are rebuilding. Nick Clegg said in his resignation speech that we face the task of nurturing the flame of British Liberalism. But as we rebuild, what does – what should – British Liberalism mean?

This seems like something worth discussing. We are a broad church with many roots: our forebears were Liberals and Social Democrats, but we incorporated the Pro-Euro Conservatives too, and many more of no former alignment. So, we’ve got this flame of British Liberalism, and if the attitude of the party members and our spectacular membership surge are anything to go by, it shouldn’t be going out any time soon.

Right. What does British Liberalism mean to me? For me at least, two things spring immediately to mind before all else.

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Operation Phoenix

By Will Wilshere | Mon 11th May 2015 - 2:15 pm

It’s been a few days now and hopefully most of the hurt is over, though for some it’ll take a long time. Jobs have been lost and decades of work finished overnight. The country lost some of its best MP’s, and we lost some of the best of our own.

I’ve heard a lot of people saying that we’re dead. We’re wiped out in politics. Insignificant. Clearly the 6000 people who have joined us didn’t get that particular memo. And it’s lit a fire in me personally and I’m sure many more people feel similarly invigorated.