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NEW Liberal Democrat leader Tim Farron warned yesterday that the party might not “survive at all” after its defeat in the wake of the general election.
It could take a generation for Lib Dems to recover their position in the last parliament in which they had more than 50 MPs as part of the coalition government, he said. Now that number is down to eight.
“It is not inevitable that we survive at all,” Mr Farron told Sky News.
The 2025 Budget shores up the PM’s political position with headline-grabbing welfare U-turns, but with no improvements on offer to declining public services or living standards, writes MICHAEL BURKE
Every Starmer boast about removing asylum-seekers probably wins Reform another seat while Labour loses more voters to Lib Dems, Greens and nationalists than to the far right — the disaster facing Labour is the leadership’s fault, writes DIANE ABBOTT MP
Starmer sabotaged Labour with his second referendum campaign, mobilising a liberal backlash that sincerely felt progressive ideals were at stake — but the EU was then and is now an entity Britain should have nothing to do with, explains NICK WRIGHT
The suspended Labour MP’s historic resignation to found a working-class party has lit up social media with excitement as thousands knock at the door wanting involvement in the desperately needed project, writes ANDREW BURGIN