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The Politics Show East

The Lib Dem Party is in a pensive mood, we are told, by Mark Pack from Lib Dem voice, a website for grassroots supporters. Although Lib Dems are pleased to be in government, they are not as upbeat as you may imagine at their first Conference in power for several generations.

The Lib Dem Party is in a pensive mood, we are told, by Mark Pack from Lib Dem voice, a website for grassroots supporters. Although Lib Dems are pleased to be in government, they are not as upbeat as you may imagine at their first Conference in power for several generations.
There is a balance to be struck between finally pushing through Lib Dem policies and having to support a Conservative government intent on cutting public spending.
It is a heady mix that could prompt confrontation.
Implementing cuts at a local level that have been decided by your own government is already proving difficult for some Lib Dems to take.