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One of Farage’s warm-up acts was Harald Vilimsky, a leading figure in Austria’s far-right Freedom Party
Knowing that we will finally ban zero-hour contracts, end fire-and-rehire and repeal anti-strike laws made the atmosphere in Brighton so different from last year’s Congress – or any Congress in the last decade.
Long time Lib Dem activist David Grace looks at the fringe meetings at this year’s conference
The new Lib Dem MP also said he was “sceptical about some of the mood music”
‘Conference no longer gives me the thrill of anticipation and the boost to my enthusiasm for campaigning that it did when I was younger’
The motion backed by members also called for immediate recognition of a Palestinian state
“It’s worked well, but at some point it is going to have to stop.”
The Lib Dem deputy leader gave a keynote speech at her party’s conference
“To avoid the mistakes of its predecessors, the government must recast the relationship between central and local government.”
Left Foot Forward spoke to the Palestinian ambassador to the UK at Lib Dem Conference
