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Are the Liberal Democrats a centre-left party?

Are the Liberal Democrats a centre-left party?

Update: 2025-09-23

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Who are the Liberal Democrats? The coalition years exposed a deep split between social democrats and free market liberals. Are those divisions healed? Is Ed Davey right to party play for laughs? Is he making the correct pitch in the current multi-party mayhem?

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Are the Liberal Democrats a centre-left party?

Are the Liberal Democrats a centre-left party?

Steve Richards