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“Many Lib Dems have joined Labour, but I’ve left Labour for the Lib Dems”

By The Voice | Fri 7th February 2014 - 1:20 pm

That’s the title of this article by Jack McKenna over at the Speaker’s Chair website. Here’s an excerpt in which Jack explains why he made the decision to switch from Labour to the Lib Dems:

… like a lot of politcos without a party affiliation I started to develop a “man without a country” feel. I know I was a Lib Dem in my gut and the only reason I didn’t join the Lib Dems in the first place was because I was still furious over the tuition fees debacle. However this anger subsided as I realized the system was

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