After listening to this for an hour, I gather that Amendment 1 is either very good or very bad
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Which, ironically, is also a good description of LibDem policy on Brexit
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Now Jo Swinson is talking about an episode of Going Live with Philips Schofield broadcast 28 years ago
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There was a competition in which you could win a piece of the Berlin Wall. But in September 1989 the wall was still standing. FAKE NEWS
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Swinson just tried the "Is it more important children be considerate or well-behaved?" thing live. All but about two people went considerate
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(If you've not heard this, it's supposedly an incredibly accurate predictor of how you voted on Brexit. Or Clinton/Trump come to that.)
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Swinson says, "The world's problems will not all be solved by a speech at LibDem conference," which is disappointing
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It's question time with Vince Cable! "If you were a businessperson from the north of England, would you prefer to fly from Schiphol?"
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If you were a cat, what kind of cat would you be
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Vince speaks warmly of expanding Gatwick. Man from Surrey says out the party is against it. "Well you're right to remind me of party policy"
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Honestly guys an entire conversation about hub airports and high speed rail, did someone tell you it was my birthday?
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Vince: HS2 will "effectively turn Birmingham into a kind of new... Croydon." Slight pause betrays awareness Brummies may not like this line.
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TIL: LibDems like rail investment but not HS2, airport expansion but not Heathrow or Gatwick, point-to-point airports but not hubs
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Tories have "walked away from business; I doubt many bus. people support Venezuealan socialism, in between is the space we have to occupy"
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"We've heard businessmen like James Dyson say they're very pro Brexit, what would you say to them?" Muffled laughter fills the hall.
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Vince: most fatuous idea about Brexit "is that it'll enable us to go round the world opening markets that are currently closed to us"
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"Chlorinated chicken!" klaxon 

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ngl, this isn't as fun as the morning session. Not enough funny grandstanding, too much actual content
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"I'm from S.Cambridgeshire, where we're seeing a HUGE amount of housing development" - ooooooh a NIMBY! "How can we encourage SME builders?"
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"Actually, they're much cheaper and faster." South Cambridgeshire Liberal Democrats, we salute you
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Actually, during the panel last night, Cable said several times: "We need to get used to saying houses prices need to fall." Fair play.
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omg guys Vince Cable just said the party needs to take the NIMBYs on he is everything I ever dreamt of and more
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Last question is a hard hitting, "You seem to have endless energy. What do you do to relax?" Skiing and fast cars, says Vince, who is spry.
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