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Julian Astle is director of CentreForum
Interview: CentreForum’s Julian Astle

Five years after being set up, coalition politics has opened up new possibilities for liberal thinktank CentreForum and its director, Julian Astle. By Alex Stevenson Much water has passed under Westminster Bridge since 2005, when the Liberal Democrats under Charles Kennedy increased the party’s presence in the Commons over the 60-MP mark. Until then card-carrying… Read more »

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Elizabeth Truss is Norfolk South West's new MP
Interview: Elizabeth Truss

Elizabeth Truss has finally found her place in politics. After a scenic tour of political ideology that took in the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament (CND) and the Liberal Democrats, the new MP has at long last won herself the safe seat of Norfolk South West – as a Conservative. By Rebecca Burns “I was a… Read more »