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The Independent (Free subscription) | 30/08/2008
How was it for you? Did the earth move for you in Denver? If you'd asked delegates to the Democratic convention these questions on Thursday evening after Barack Obama's speech accepting nomination as his party's candidate for the presidency of the United States, you would have got enthusiastic and affirmative answers.
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Liberal Democrat Voice (Free subscription) | 29/08/2008
Now in my third month in Scotland, I’m on my second by-election. Glenrothes has come around following the tragic death of John McDougall. It is one of four Parliamentary seats in Fife; we hold two of them, Sir Menzies Campbell in North East Fife and Willie Rennie in Dunfermline (which as you will recall we won [...]
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Scotsman.com (Free subscription) | 25/08/2008
WHAT should have been a triumphant coronation is now a real test for the Democrats, says SIR MENZIES CAMPBELL
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News Scotsman (Free subscription) | 17/08/2008
SIR Menzies Campbell last night led criticism of Prime Minister Gordon Brown for failing to take the diplomatic lead over the Caucasus crisis, writes Eddie Barnes.
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Ming Campbell MP (Free subscription) | 14/08/2008
Sir Menzies Campbell MP and local councillor Donald Lothian survey where a burn burst its banks in Falkland, North East Fife. Following the extensive flooding witnessed in North East Fife over the past few days, local MP Menzies Campbell and MSP Iain Smith have praised the emergency services and residents for their “swift action” and have [...]
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Ming Campbell MP (Free subscription) | 12/08/2008
Menzies Campbell with members of Cupar & District Driving Instructors protesting against the test centre’s closure. North East Fife Liberal Democrat MP Menzies Campbell is continuing to fight against the closure of the Cupar Driving Test Centre and has again written to Jim Fitzpatrick the Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Transport to press the case [...]
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politicalbetting.com (Free subscription) | 08/08/2008
What are the chances of him still being there on election day? Probably the best long-term market where we can plot trends on betting attitudes to Gordon’s survival is the one from Betfair on the line-up of party leaders at the general election. When it was opened, in June 2007, Ming Campbell was in the mix. [...]
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Liberal England (Free subscription) | 06/08/2008
From A Lanson Boy : I was ... in Watford for a visit by Ming Campbell a couple of years ago. Mr Oakley and a large number of other Tories tried to disrupt the visit. So far, common enough - if regretable. But their actions that day went well beyond what might be considered fair game. Their yelling and screaming was massively abusive and had no place in our politics. They constantly tried to disrupt...
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Ming Campbell MP (Free subscription) | 30/07/2008
Liberal Democrat MP and MSP for North East Fife, Sir Menzies Campbell MP and Iain Smith MSP have expressed their deep disappointment at the decision by the Royal Mail to go ahead with their proposals for closure in North East Fife and have branded the consultation period as nothing more than an exercise in futility. Commenting [...]
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Ming Campbell MP (Free subscription) | 29/07/2008
Following this afternoon’s (Tuesday) meeting with KPMG Director Gary Fraser, administrator of Curtis Fine Papers in Guardbridge, North East Fife’s MP and MSP, who have been spearheading the discussions, noted that there is still “a glimmer of hope” for the mill if a buyer can be found in the next couple of weeks. Commenting, Sir Menzies [...]
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Ming Campbell MP (Free subscription) | 28/07/2008
North East Fife MSP Iain Smith and MP Sir Menzies Campbell today (Monday) met John Swinney MSP, Cabinet Secretary fro Finance and Sustainable Growth, in Edinburgh to discuss the future of Curtis Fine Papers after last week’s announcement that the company was in administration. In a joint statement after the meeting the Parliamentarians said, “We had [...]
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Ming Campbell MP (Free subscription) | 25/07/2008
In light of the recent news that Curtis Fine Papers, based in Guardbridge, have had to call in the administrators with the loss of up to 260 jobs, North East Fife Parliamentarians Sir Menzies Campbell MP and Iain Smith MSP have issued the following statement. “This is a devastating blow for Guardbridge and the local economy [...]
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Enough is Enough (Free subscription) | 25/07/2008
I have a message for the Liberal Democrats - as their party flounders in the polls and is supported by even fewer people than when the party was led by Waldorf and Stadler (aka the late Menzies Campbell and Vince Cable). A Lib Dem councillor, Jo Calvert-Mindell, has been arrested for telling off a gang of drunken youths . She apparently yelled: "Why can't you go back to where you come from and make...
