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Christian Elected Party Leader – Media Freak Out

One news event that may have passed most people by last week was the election of Tim Farron as leader of the Liberal Democrats. The party, which was once Britain’s third largest, was decimated in May’s General Election, losing all

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FLASH: Charles Kennedy Death Related to Alcoholism

The post-mortem on former Liberal Democrat leader Charles Kennedy has revealed he died of a “major haemorrhage” linked to alcoholism. In a statement, Mr Kennedy’s family said the report “makes clear this was a consequence of his battle with alcoholism.”

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Ban on Campus Hate Preachers Vetoed By Lib Dems

The Deputy Prime Minister, Nick Clegg, has vetoed plans to ban extremist preachers from university campuses citing concerns that doing so would erode free speech. He put his foot down, blocking the Tory plans, after what has been described as

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