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Why is the Lib Dem front bench so afraid of talking sensibly about drugs?

How many scientific reports do we need before we can have the "science based" policy that Nick Clegg says we should have ? Back on the 31st of July the Commons Science Select Committee released their recomended rating system as part of their report on drugs...

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Wallington MP and Councillor are illiberal nimbys

Apparently the Home Secretary isn't being Tough On Drugs enough for Tom Brake (LD MP for Wallington), so he sent a letter questioning why it's legal for shops to sell hookah pipes (which apparently can only be used for drugs like opium or skunk, and would be impossible to use, say cherry flavour or...

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Response to "Lessons from May's elections"

In response to Lynne Featherstone's piece at libdemvoice and the comments there. From what I’ve seen of the comments everybody responding is a lib dem. (I’ve voted lib dem, paid my membership, contributed towards leadership campaigns, set up mailing lists, and tried to kickstart technical stuff,...

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Party HQ telephones to ask for cash (again)

Good god people! Think outside the box - do you really think the nation will notice if the lib dems blow an extra few hundred thousand splurging out on billboards, leaflets, focus groups and all that tosh. Seriously - only a few decades ago parties got parlimentary majorities with a campaigning...

Jack Yan

Gordon Brown: ‘Life on Mars moment’

A quote from the local elections in the UK today: ‘Gordon Brown has had his Life on Mars moment. He went to sleep in 2008 and today he’s waking up with support back to the worst his party has seen since records began in 1973.’ How that series has changed the way Britons refer to things....