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Article: Jun 21, 2017Theresa May should ask all parties to come together and negotiate the best possible Brexit deal for the whole country rather than pressing ahead with their extreme version of Brexit despite failing to get a mandate for it from the British people and a continued lack of clarity over the Brexit this government is pursuing means, say the Liberal Democrats.
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Article: May 2, 2017I got to know Theresa May reasonably well in government, former Deputy Prime Mimnister Nick Clegg said today. We sat next to each other around the cabinet table for half a decade. I witnessed her strengths - methodical, thorough - and her weaknesses too - technocratic, inflexible. But generally I found she was someone who would stick to what she had said. -
Article: Apr 23, 2017Tim Farron has ruled out doing any coalition deals with Theresa May or Jeremy Corbyn after the election.
Every Liberal Democrat vote and every Liberal Democrat MP elected is a challenge to Theresa May's Hard Brexit agenda. In the next parliament we will fight to stop a disastrous Hard Brexit, keep Britain in the Single Market and make sure people have their say on the final Brexit deal in a referendum with remain as an option.
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Article: Mar 14, 2017
So what's bothering them? Why the sour faces? Surely this is the moment of their greatest triumph? Surging ahead of Labour in the polls. The snarling Right-wing press firmly on side. Only a tiny number of recalcitrant Conservative MPs. And the Article 50 letter, triggering the final steps towards the Promised Land of Brexit, tantalisingly close, writes Nick Clegg, the Liberal Democrats' spokesman on Europe, in today's Evening Standard.
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Article: Mar 8, 2017International students generate £514m to the economy in the North East of England and support over 2,000 jobs, according to an analysis by UniversitiesUK.
The research also found overseas students spent a total of £256m off-campus in the region.
Lord John Shipley, former Leader of Newcastle City Council and Liberal Democrat Brexit Spokesperson for the North East, commented:
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Article: Mar 4, 2017More backing in Newcastle today for Britain to keep its place in the EU's single market
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Article: Mar 4, 2017Greek show of support at today's march in Newcastle
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Article: Mar 4, 2017People from all over the north flock to Newcastle to show their suport for the EU single market and Britain's future in it
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Article: Mar 4, 2017More young people than any other age group think that the UK would be better off in future by remaining in the EU single market
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Article: Mar 4, 2017
The future would be brighter inside the Single Market than on the outside hoping for the best
