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The Lib Dems are Modernising Their Party as Well as Their HQ

Louise Phillips | Posted 28.10.2011 | UK Politics
Louise Phillips

For years no one paid attention to the Lib Dems. Universally thought of as inoffensive, policies that were generally ignored by the public became unrealistic or incoherent. At one party conference back in 2003, a serious debate was held on the rights of goldfish. Beards. Sandals. Porn for teenagers. To say the party lacked credibility would, to put it bluntly, be kind.