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Coalition – Two Years On

Photo from Office of Nick Clegg

It’s more than two years since the Liberal Democrats joined the Tories to form Britain’s first peace-time coalition. So after 27 months, 47 parliamentary acts and infinite coalition-marriage comparisons, what does the Lib Dem governmental track record look like? Can we be at all proud of the party’s time in office? To cure ourselves from [...]

Trouble in Paradise

Maldives

There are few politicians like Mohamed Nasheed. The young, charismatic journalist turned statesman endured years of exile, torture and solitary confinement to lead a grassroots and peaceful movement for democracy in the Maldives. His struggle was defined by the most unlikely vision for his island nation, that of a liberal democracy in a deeply conservative, [...]

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