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Politics: Between the extremes

Thursday, 15 March 2018 10:18 AM [ Last Update: Thursday, 15 March 2018 10:20 AM ]

Once the main political party of government in Britain, the Liberals were eclipsed by the Labour Party and had not held power for a hundred years. Then in 2010, an opportunity to form a coalition-government came along, the Conservative’s David Cameron sweet-talked them and they were in.

At a time of international financial crisis, the generous observer would praise their willingness to put national interest before party self-interest, however the British voter is rarely generous to its politicians and the Lib-Dems came to be punished very severely indeed as they were slaughtered in the 2015 election reduced from 59 to only nine MPs.

Are Clegg’s memories revelatory or self-serving? New Chapter examines this book from the heart of British government by a self-avowed Euro-federalist.

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