Monthly Archives: August 2006

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1. Roz Savage MP writes: Not left, Not right. Liberal.
2. Lib Dem takeaways from Gorton and Denton
3. Ed Davey: "The UK can't be dragged into another protracted Middle Eastern war by a US President"
4. Why Ed Davey was wrong on ex pat rescue
5. The Greens copied our playbook. We shouldn't copy theirs.

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Op-eds

• New Chinese spy case and our Defending Democracy policy draft (Nicholas Chan)
• “My life’s defeat would be emigration”: Encounters in Palestine during my recent visit in January 2026 (Miranda Pinch)
• Why Ed Davey was wrong on ex pat rescue (Ex-pat Scott)
• Power shared, not hoarded: finishing the argument (Tanya Park)
• A democratic case for public ownership of utilities (Oscar Renton)

• A rare Labour by-election gain from Reform
• Renewables must form basis of UK energy security
• Council by-election results scorecard 2025-2026
• Southern Television's Midnight is a Place from 1977
• Write a guest post for Liberal England
• The Joy of Six 1484
• Today is World Book Day and books are still important
• PODCAST: Election with Reese Witherspoon and Matthew Broderick
• The Housemartins: Build
• Trump misreading history again

Recent Comments

• Ex-pat Scott
  It's been interesting watching the arguments develop here, but there are some incorrect points which are being repeated in the comments and need to be pointed o...
• Michael Bukola
  Well done, Ed. The cut-through on this is off the charts..because it goes to the heart of what patriotic duty, fairness, decency....
• David Evans
  Indeed Simon, They would have to say and probably mean they would stay permanently, but if they did would you be sanguine enough to allow them when they are...
• Nigel Jones
  Thank you Miranda for this information. It ties in with what I hear occasionally from the Christian charity, Embrace Middle East. So many Palestinian Christians...
• Simon Robinson
  @David: I don't believe a UK citizen living in Saudi Arabia can simply come back for free NHS treatment (unless they move back permanently). Access to free NHS ...