National News

The EU knows Theresa May is deluded on Brexit. And soon the Tories will

While the EU27 defend their national interests, the Brexiteers destroy ours: their vision of economic utopia cannot fend off the cold facts of economic reality Stilted, awkward, tense. Reports of last week's dinner between Theresa May and Jean Claude Juncker were revealing. It doesn't surprise me that the Brexit talks have started on an awkward footing. The Conservatives, after all, are imperiously conducting a general election as if it were no more than a coronation: hardly an atmosphere conducive to the subtlety, realism and humility necessary to persuade the rest of the EU to give us a good deal. The leaked reports suggest that No 10 is treating the 27 EU states it will be negotiating with much like it treats officials in the Home Office - to be barked at, rather than won over.

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4 May 2017
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Sheffield Region

Confirming The Facts : Sheffield City Region

Chesterfield Liberal Democrats support the council stance as we think it is the best interests of the residents of Chesterfield; in fact we saw the benefit of being part of the structure eight years ago.

4 May 2017
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Jonathan Fryer

Introducing Jonathan Fryer, Parliamentary Candidate for Dagenham & Rainham

A long-standing member of Chinese Liberal Democrats, Jonathan Fryer, has been adopted as the LibDem parliamentary candidate for the East London constituency of Dagenham & Rainham. Jonathan studied Chinese at Oxford and Hong Kong universities and since 1993 has been a subject lecturer at London University's School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS). He also works as a freelance journalist and broadcaster, mainly for the BBC and several Middle Eastern TV channels.

4 May 2017
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