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Contrary to popular belief, Lorem Ipsum is not simply random text. It has roots in a piece of classical Latin literature from 45 BC, making it over 2000 years old. Richard McClintock, a Latin professor at Hampden-Sydney College in Virginia, looked up one of the more obscure Latin words, consectetur, from a Lorem Ipsum passage,… Read more »

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Clegg argues benefits of immigration
Lib Dems: Illegal immigrants ‘should earn right to stay’

The Liberal Democrats today backed proposals to offer an “amnesty” to illegal immigrants. Home affairs spokesman Nick Clegg said it was time to reclaim the debate from the BNP and “swivel eyed hysterics” in the Conservative party and present the benefits of immigration. If based on a fair and competent immigration system which did not… Read more »

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This issue of housing causes fierce debate at the Lib Dem conference in Brighton.
Lib Dems vote against abolishing all housing targets

Proposals to abandon top-down planning targets and grant more power to local councils would not address the problems in the housing market and could even risk creating new ones, Liberal Democrats said today. Delegates at the Lib Dem conference in Brighton voted against a motion allowing local councils to buy land from landowners and sell… Read more »