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Former MP for Twickenham; Leader of 2017-19; Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills 2010-15.

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  1. May 13

    Piece in on how to reform council tax through annual residential property tax based on current values. Fairer. Practical. Government cant keep putting off reform of council tax for ever.

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  2. May 7

    The Government’s popularity is very shallow - must stick to his guns. My piece for .

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  3. May 6

    The polls close in just three hours time. If you haven’t voted yet, please support in your local area In South West London, my patch, please support on the yellow paper, on orange paper & give your first vote on the pink ballott

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    May 5

    📢 Calling all London Lib Dems! It’s polling day and the final few hours of the election campaign. Thank you so, so much for all you’ve been doing. One final push to get more Lib Dems at City Hall. 🔶🔶🔶

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    May 6

    Today voters across Richmond, Kingston and Hounslow can come together to end Tory representation by electing to City Hall. Give South West London the strong voice it deserves.

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  6. Apr 29

    To ignore India's COVID crisis would irrational as well as uncompassionate. UK optimism over the vaccine roll-out could be punctured rapidly if a variant emerges there which renders current immunisation ineffective. My piece for

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    Apr 23

    Money and Power: Paschal Donohoe on Vince Cable’s new book via

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  8. Apr 23

    The Lobbying Act is as leaky as a sieve. Instead of producing lots of reports, government and parliament should take the small number of steps needed to clean up the system. My piece for

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    Apr 12

    Shirley Williams has died aged 90. In 2014, Vince Cable wrote in the New Statesman that "there is probably no one alive who has done more than her to define and shape British social democracy".

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  10. Apr 13

    My piece this week on how to unlock land and increase housing supply.

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  11. Apr 13

    In the USA, house prices are now back to the levels of 2005 having crashed after the financial crisis, while Germany has seen only 25 per cent property inflation over 20 years. In the UK prices have risen 100 per cent over those two decades.

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  12. Apr 13

    Around the world, the availability of cheap loans at rock-bottom interest rates has pushed up the price of assets including property. But the problem is most acute in the UK, where our property market starts this present boom from a higher base.

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  13. Apr 12

    Very sad to hear of the death of Shirley Williams, a tower of social democratic and liberal politics. Her vision of a mixed UK economy at the heart of Europe provoked me and so many to leave Labour in the 80s. Her intellect, emotional intelligence and good humour are a huge loss.

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    Mar 31

    Asked about resignation of Samuel Kasumu, No 10's most senior black adviser, universities minister Gillian Keegan tells Times Radio: "I don't even know who he is!" That line might need a bit of work for the rest of the broadcast round

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    Apr 1

    With Lord Charles Moore advising Johnson, this isn’t going to go anywhere, but this man is absolutely right. How I’d love just to be put down like an old Labrador when all that lies ahead is pain.

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    Apr 1

    In my daily deep-dive into the shallow end of the genepool that is the Express, I came up with this pearl. They had to clarify their April Fool's, because readers were overwhelmed with joy in the comments. Only a matter of time before an 'HMS Brexit' becomes gov't policy? ~AA

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    Apr 1

    Chris Whitty: “From now on there will be no more lockdowns - and the UK will treat Coronavirus like flu.” Quite possibly the most important statement yet during the pandemic. Hopefully that also means no Coronavirus vaccine passports - like flu.

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    Apr 1

    Important meeting tomorrow of Joint Commission on nuclear deal. Reportedly follows productive secret meeting in Frankfurt attended by France Germany U.K. and Iran on Monday. Outcome discussed with Putin Tuesday. Sequencing in play. A new Good Friday Agreement?

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  19. Apr 1

    A new cold war with China, leading to a hot one, is not a great idea. There are many benefits from having a good working relationship and many costs from allowing righteous indignation warriors to wreck it. My piece for

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  20. Mar 31

    Why has thrown his weight behind petty, short-sighted decision to scrap years of work on industrial strategy . Business and unions angry at triumph of ideology over practical, cross-party work for British industry.

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