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Dark and dangerous threats against MPs like me are a sign No10 and Cummings are getting utterly brazen

It is a right wing, nationalist government's attempt to suppress dissent

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  • 21st October 2019

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The five clearest reasons why Boris Johnson’s so-called Brexit deal must be rejected this week

There are many problems with the prime minister’s blueprint, which is even worse than his predecessor’s, but it is worth focusing on the most crucial areas

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  • 14th October 2019

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The Lib Dems aren’t standing in the way of Corbyn leading caretaker government – his lack of a majority is

Lyndon B Johnson famously said that the first rule of politics was being able to count. Senior Labour folk peddling the myth that we’re holding him back are clearly struggling to do so

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  • 7th October 2019

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With a possible end to the era of Netanyahu in Israel, we must redouble efforts to push for a two-state solution

The election results demonstrate that things are shifting in Israeli politics.

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  • 2nd October 2019

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Parliament wasn’t always this dysfunctional – but in just five years, it’s been completely broken by Brexit

Go back just four years and parliament was working well. But laws are no longer being passed, and Prime Minister's Questions has descended into a low-grade circus

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  • 30th September 2019

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As it starts to implode, I no longer recognise Corbyn’s poisonous Labour party

Research shows that Labour is being taken over by alarming authoritarian impulses. Now it’s collapsing into bitter infighting, and progressive social democrats feel safer elsewhere

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  • 23rd September 2019

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Protecting the liberal international rule-based order from populist threats

Under Jo Swinson's premiership we can breathe a progressive breath of fresh air into British foreign policy, revive our reputation on the world stage, and get on with helping to improve the lives of those across the world

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  • 16th September 2019

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The Labour and Tory parties are dead. For politically homeless centrists, that might be a good thing

While Corbyn has refused to adopt a clear position on Brexit, Johnson has reconfigured the party to the populist right. There’s no place for moderates in either camp.

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  • 9th September 2019

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How MPs can defeat no-deal Brexit this week, and pull the rug out from the No 10 fanatics

Too often the voices of sanity and reason have found themselves put on the back foot by a ruthless and determined No 10. Tomorrow, parliament can change that

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  • 2nd September 2019

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Boris Johnson should support a clear and strong international response to the Amazon wildfire

Together, the world can #ActForTheAmazon, but it requires the courage and global leadership to do so. Our Prime Minister should step up before it is too late.

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  • 23rd August 2019

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Don’t let the reckless gamblers of Boris Johnson’s ‘do or die’ Brexit gang pretend they speak for the people

Brexiter Jeremy Corbyn has ruled out an emergency government, but Jo Swinson is ready to step up to stop no deal – and to stop Brexit itself

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  • 12th August 2019

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Don’t let Boris Johnson’s puppeteers fool you – parliament can still stop no-deal Brexit

The prime minister wants to frame the coming months as a battle between parliament on one side, and his administration and the people on the other. This only works if he can credibly claim to speak for most of the country, which he clearly does not

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  • 5th August 2019

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