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Opinion: ‘l’iberalism and ‘L’iberalism

By James Firth | Wed 30th March 2011 - 4:21 pm

Rumours in the Telegraph this weekend of a rebrand, a name change, a leadership challenge? Notwithstanding the dubious origins of a story attempting to rub salt on wounds open since 1988 I mulled over the possibilities. Having debunked 2 assertions in the article I didn’t even bother to consider the prospect of a leadership challenge.

Would we ditch the freedom bird for scales of justice? Considering the People’s Justice Party and more recently the Jury Team used scales, I should hope not.

And renaming the party to include the word “social”? Some members in my local party born after …

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Posted in Op-eds | Also tagged coalition, libby, libel and liberalism | 16 Comments

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