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| | Encyclopedia: Liberal Democrats (UK) |
 | | The Liberal Democrats are the third-largest political party in the United Kingdom, and they have a team that acts, and styles itself, as a shadow cabinet. | | | The British first past the post electoral system does not reward parties whose vote is evenly divided across the nation with many seats in Parliament, and the Liberal Democrats and their forerunners have suffered in particular. | | | Charles Kennedy, current leader of the UK Liberal Democrat Party The Right Honourable Charles Peter Kennedy (born 25 November 1959) is a British politician, who has been leader of the Liberal Democrats (the third largest political party in the United Kingdom) since 1999. |
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| | British Library - encyclopedia article about British Library. |
| | The British Library is the national library national library is a library specifically established by the government of a nation to serve as the preeminent repository of information for that country. | | | The British Library Philatelic Collections are the National Philatelic Collections of the United Kingdom. | | | established the principle of the Legal Deposit, ensuring that the British Library, along with five other libraries in Britain and Ireland |
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| | Charles Kennedy |
| | On August 9, 1999 he was elected leader of the Liberal Democrats after the retirement of Paddy Ashdown. | | | The Right Honourable Charles Peter Kennedy (born November 25, 1959) is a British politician and Member of Parliament, who has been leader of the Liberal Democrats (the third largest political party in the United Kingdom) since 1999. | | | While at university he was elected president of Glasgow University Union and won the British Observer Mace university debating award. |
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http://www.brainyencyclopedia.com/encyclopedia/c/ch/charles_kennedy.html
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| | Jill Fraser - Liberal Democrats - news |
| | Liberal Democrat Shadow Secretary for the Department of Work and Pensions, David Laws MP, has written to Tony Blair and... | | | Selected tonight to fight the constituency of Hampstead and Highgate for the Liberal Democrats in the upcoming General Election is... |
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| | Paddy Ashdown -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article |
| | After the merger that formed the Liberal Democrats, he was elected as the new party's leader. | | | He was knighted in 2000 and became a life peer in the (The upper house of the British parliament) House of Lords after retiring from the Commons in 2001. | | | [Categories: Royal Marines officers, Members of the Privy Council, UK Liberal Democrat politicians, Life peers, British MPs, Bosnia and Herzegovina, 1941 births] |
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| | ELDR Party |
| | Annemie Neyts was elected ELDR Party President by 400 delegates representing liberal democrat parties from all over Europe during a Congress in Bratislava, Slovakia, on 24 September. | | | 400 local, regional, national and European politicians, representing more than forty political parties belonging to the European liberal democrat political family, adopted 10 objectives to enable Europe to become more competitive and united during a major congress of the ELDR party on 23-24 September. | | | They will be encouraging Tony Blair today at the EU summit to press ahead with his liberal and reformist agenda and address the consequences of globalization head on. |
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http://www.eldr.org/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=580
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| | Liberal Democrats on Encyclopedia.com |
| | Nonetheless, the party remains a minor party in British politics, its centrist position threatened by Tony Blair 's movement of the Labour party away from socialist positions. | | | Former House majority leader Dick Armey (R., Texas) on liberal Republicans, according to Tallahassee Democrat: "the bed-wetter caucus.".(for the record)(Brief Article) | | | (victory of conservative Republican Paul Coverdell over incumbent liberal Democrat Wyche Fowler in the Georgia senate race, November 1992) |
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| | New Statesman: Sometimes, it's good to be alone - British Liberal Democrats party - Brief Article |
| | The Liberal Democrats have high hopes of gaining the seat from the Conservatives, which presumably means they must attract some support from voters who are far from happy with the level of asylum-seekers. | | | With the government's public-spending plans exceeding anything promised by the Liberal Democrats, Kennedy has not made much progress, yet, on his chosen theme of "social justice". | | | As well as the local elections and the mayoral contest, there is the Romsey by-election. |
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| | MSN Encarta - Search Results - Liberal Party (UK) |
| | Clark resigned as premier and party leader in 1999 after authorities revealed that he was under criminal investigation for allegedly helping a group... | | | Liberal Party (Canada) : various activities in the provinces : British Columbia: British Columbia | | | Liberal Democrats, British political party of the center-left, formed in March 1988 as the Social and Liberal Democratic Party from a merger of the... |
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| | Walsall Liberal Democrats |
| | Tony Blair's arrival at the European Parliament was met by a demonstration of MEPs calling for the British Presidency to take a lead in opening up law-making debates by ministers. | | | Sir Menzies Campbell, Liberal Democrat Shadow Foreign Secretary, said "Parliament missed a rare opportunity to assert its authority over the executive. | | | Householders in the East and West Midlands will see their average council tax bill rises to over £1000 a year for the first time. |
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| | Democratic Underground |
| | For example, 40 Senate Democrats wrote a substantive and detailed letter to the President asking four basic questions about the Administration’s Iraq policy and received a four sentence answer in response. | | | Five unelected men to rule us, for generations, striking down liberal laws, confirming rights to buy influence and candidates, no matter how many democrats get elected to congress. | | | By changing the frame to one of "Letting Families Decide" their personal medical decisions vs. "Letting Government Decide", Dean and all of us can reclaim this issue and have it profoundly resonate with the 75% of the country that agrees with us. |
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| | Guardian Unlimited Politics Special Reports Blair hit by Lib Dem poll surge |
| | Labour will be disturbed that voters have been giving Mr Blair's leadership short shrift for more than 12 months, including the local and European elections. | | | "Tony Blair has now lost the trust of the British people. | | | Mr Blair will try to brush aside the result, setting out more five-year plans next week. |
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| | Party Politics Vol. 7, Issue 6, p. 711 |
| | Sympathy and Support for the Liberal Democrats at the 1997 British General Election," Party Politics, 7 (November 2001), 711-738. | | | Figure 4: What do Liberal Democrat voters think? | | | In 1988, the Liberal and Social Democratic Party alliance parties merged to form the Liberal Democrats, cementing its place as the third force in British politics. |
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| | UK local Liberal Democrat Party web sites directory |
| | Bedford Borough and County Councils De Parys ward Liberal Democrats | | | Peter Black - Liberal Democrat Assembly Member for South Wales West | | | UK local Liberal Democrat Party web sites directory |
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| | ISN Security Watch - Liberal Democrats attack Blair over Iraq, Iran |
| | ISN SECURITY WATCH (27/04/05) â“ Liberal Democrat leader Charles Kennedy warned British voters on Tuesday that re-electing Tony Blair in Mayâs parliamentary elections could give Washington a green light to invade Iran and drag Britain into a new war. | | | The Liberal Democrat leader said Blairâs participation in the US-led war against Iraq had damaged Britainâs international reputation and undermined the UN and international laws. | | | The Liberal Democrats - the only major British party that opposed joining the US-led war on Iraq - argue that Blair misled the country over the Iraq war, particularly over intelligence and the war's legality, and have pledged to begin a phased withdrawal of British troops from Iraq by the end of 2005 if elected. |
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| | AllRefer.com - Liberal party, former British political party : Origins (British And Irish History) - Encyclopedia |
| | You are here : AllRefer.com > Reference > Encyclopedia > British And Irish History > Liberal party, former British political party | | | Liberal party, former British political party, British And Irish History | | | The Liberal party was an outgrowth of the Whig party that, after the Reform Bill of 1832 (see Reform Acts), joined with the bulk of enfranchised industrialists and business classes to form a political alliance that, over the next few decades, came to be called the Liberal party. |
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| | Catholic World News : British Liberal Democrats Vote For Gay Rights |
| | Delegates to the party's annual conference in Bournemouth voted overwhelmingly for a change in the law to recognize same-sex relationships for issues like inheritance, pensions, immigration, and adoption and foster parenting. | | | LONDON, Sep. 19, 00 (CWNews.com) - The Liberal Democrat Party yesterday called for homosexual partners to have the same rights under British law as married couples. | | | Catholic World News : British Liberal Democrats Vote For Gay Rights |
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| | ipedia.com: Green liberalism Article |
| | The reason stated is that liberalism is repulsed by authoritarian politics, which the Green Parties do not explicitly reject. | | | Green Liberalism is now the dominant form of liberalism in some countries, particularly the United Kingdom and, to a lesser extent, the United States of America. | | | This text is part of the Liberalism series Liberalism Liberalism in countries Liberal parties Liberal thinkers Liberal International ELDR - CALD Liberal leaders History of liberal parties Democracy Fr... |
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| | Political Studies Association |
| | The history of the British Liberal/ Liberal Democrats and SDP parties | | | The study of the Liberal and Liberal Democrat state and regional parties in both an historical and contemporary context | | | The study of the British Liberal party both in opposition and in government |
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| | Liberal Democrats : BRITISH ENERGY: SAY NO TO NEW BAIL-OUT |
| | Liberal Democrats : BRITISH ENERGY: SAY NO TO NEW BAIL-OUT | | | Responding to reports that troubled nuclear power provider, British Energy, has asked the Government to increase its current loan from the taxpayer, Malcolm Bruce MP, Liberal Democrat Shadow DTI Secretary, is writing to DTI Secretary Patricia Hewitt to urge her to refuse any loan increase. | | | Published and promoted by and on behalf of the Liberal Democrats, 4 Cowley Street, London, SW1P 3NB. |
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| | Liberal Democrats -- Encyclopædia Britannica |
| | British political party founded in 1988 through a merger of the Liberal Party and the Social Democratic Party, or SDP. | | | "Liberal Democrats." Encyclopædia Britannica from Encyclopædia Britannica Premium Service. | | | In the middle ground between the dominant Labour Party and the Conservative Party, the Liberal Democrats occupy a centre-left, libertarian position. |
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| | British Policy and Parliament: |
| | FREEDOM, JUSTICE, HONESTY: DEFENCE AND INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTIONS - The Liberal Democrat Manifesto (excerpts) | | | The Liberal Democrat approach puts democratic values, human rights and good governance at the top of the foreign policy agenda. | | | If it is powerful and well resourced, the Court will enhance human rights. |
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| | Liberal Democrat History Group |
| | The Liberal Democrat History Group promotes the discussion and research of historical topics, particularly those relating to the histories of the Liberal Democrats, Liberal Party, the SDP and of liberalism. | | | Material included in this website may be reproduced as long as it is credited to the Liberal Democrat History Group, the author's name is given (where applicable) and the website address included. | | | Our activities appeal to anyone with an interest in the history of British Liberalism, whether academics, party activists or spare-time students of political history. |
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| | British MP calls for a boycott of Tasmania » ABC Tasmania |
| | British Liberal Democrats MP Norman Baker is to table a motion in the House of Commons calling on British tourists to boycott Tasmania until forestry practices, including old-growth clear felling are changed. | | | Mr Baker told ABC Tasmania's Tim Cox on the Morning Program that as the Liberal Democrats Environment Spokesperson his interest is in the world environment. | | | British MP calls for a boycott of Tasmania |
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| | monitorhost.com -- - Society - Politics - Liberalism - History |
| | » In the Liberal Tradition: A History of Liberty | | | » Liberal Nationalism: The Nation as a Basis for Liberal Democracy | | | - Documentary sources on the history of liberal nationalism. |
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