the lib dems should lead the fight against brexit, he said.e not a single—issue party, we're not ukip in reverse. he said returning to government was his aim. and my role as your leader is to be a credible potential prime minister. applause. sir vince called for major public spending on infrastructure, a penny rise in income tax to fund the health service, and government backed house—building to help young people onto the property ladder. we've got to end the stranglehold of oligarchs and speculators in our housing market. i want to see fierce tax penalties on the acquisition of property for investment purposes by overseas residents. at the last election, opposing brexit didn't attract voters in the way the liberal democrats had hoped. in this speech today, vince cable's trying to show that he's prepared to grapple with the broader issues facing the country, and he hopes that his past experience in government will add credibility to that message. vince cable is sounding ambitious — what do lib dem members make of it? vince cable says he could

sir vince cable, the relatively new lib dem leader, made his point pretty clear. credibility will be reduced to zero. i think that is an easy hit for vince cable. instead, what the lib dem leader is focusing on this conference is trying to rally members and improve the morale of the party. i have been speaking to people here and despite the state of the party, lib dems here are positive. if you think back to the coalition when they were in government with the conservatives, they went into the coalition with 57 mps. they came out of it in the 2015 election with just eight. you would think, as the most pro—eu party, they would have the pick of the a8% who voted to remain in the referendum, that they would have picked up votes in the election this year. that did not happen and the party did not get the results hoped for. with a new leader, it is over two sir vince cable to turn things around and that will be a huge challenge. the party is 7.a% of vote share. with vince cable suggesting he could be the future prime minister, many ask if it is really possible to go fro

it is not really a poisoned chalice, being new lib dem leader?n it on ifi challenge, but i wouldn't have taken it on if i was not optimistic. there are a lot of things going for us. instead of british politics, where it is really polarised and people are looking for solutions, not ideological extremes, i can we move into space. it is cabled the person to ta ke into space. it is cabled the person to take the party into that space. there has been a lot of talk at this conference about his career. he was one of the few politicians to forecast the financial crash. but at 74, forecast the financial crash. but at 7a, and has not gone into retirement, but has instead given himself a challenge. three years ago prince harry founded the invictus games, an international sports event for wounded service personnel. and next week, 90 competitors — the uk's biggest team yet — will take part in the games in canada. pa ra—athlete steve brown, a former wheelchair rugby captain, has been to meet a fellow athlete competing who's determined not to let a life—changing

the lib dems should lead the fight against brexit, he said.verything else. we're not a single—issue party, we're not ukip in reverse. he said returning to government was his aim. and my role as your leader is to be a credible potential prime minister. applause sir vince called for major public spending on infrastructure, a penny rise in income tax to fund the health service, and government—backed house—building to help young people onto the property ladder. we've got to end the stranglehold of oligarchs and speculators in our housing market. i want to see fierce tax penalties on the acquisition of property for investment purposes by overseas residents. at the last election, opposing brexit didn't attract voters in the way the liberal democrats had hoped. in this speech today, vince cable's trying to show that he's prepared to grapple with the broader issues facing the country, and he hopes that his past experience in government will add credibility to that message. vince cable is sounding ambitious — what do lib dem members make of it? vince c

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now his life is very different and he carries a big challenge that the lib dems face.fighters unable to work because of mental illness in england and wales. figures obtained by bbc radio 5 live suggested a rise of nearly a third over the last six years. in london, the number of fire staff taking leave because of mental health problems has doubled since 2011. the home office said it was the responsibility of fire departments to put wellbeing support in place. jill tolfrey is the chief executive of the fire fighters charity. i think actually as a british culture we are not terribly keen to identify that we have a mental health issue. and firefighters are very much seeing themselves as the rescu e rs very much seeing themselves as the rescuers of other people. they don't see themselves as portraying any weakness. so add those things together and it's actually quite difficult for them to suggest they are suffering from stress, anxiety, orfrom some of are suffering from stress, anxiety, or from some of the things they have seen throughout their working life, that that's hav

lib dems look to sir vince as a heavyweight politician. him the party's in safe hands. lib dem membership might have doubled since referendum but translating that surge into success at elections is a much bigger challenge. one the party must rise to, or else risk drifting off into political obscurity. police have named one of the victims of a crash on the m5 motorway on saturday which left four people dead. 46—year—old adrian beaumont from bristol died at the scene. his partner and their two children remain in hospital. rochdale council has apologised to young people who were sexually and physically abused while they were in the care of the local authority. many of the assaults took place at two schools run by the council over a period of almost 50 years. the council's chief executive said he couldn't turn the clock back but he would make sure that it did its best to safeguard children and young people now and in the future. more than 100 firefighters have spent the night tackling a fire at a north london warehouse. dozens of fire engines

and he carries a big challenge that the lib dems face.ve arrived from myanmar without parents or relatives. some are as young as three years old. the bangladeshi government is planning to build a camp to accommodate the 400,000 rohingya who have fled the military crackdown in myanmar. we can speak to fill robertson, the deputy asia director at human rights watch, currently in bangkok. your agency issued a pretty hard—hitting report just agency issued a pretty hard—hitting reportjust a agency issued a pretty hard—hitting report just a couple agency issued a pretty hard—hitting reportjust a couple of days ago accusing the military of myanmar of an ethnic cleansing campaign. that's exactly what is happening. what we haveis exactly what is happening. what we have is the military forces of myanmar surrounding villages, shooting into them and stampeding people out of those villages. and then putting the villages to the torch. we have villages in northern rakhine state on fire right now. 400,000 rohingya across the border so 400,000 rohingya acr

time in politics was done but then we have a snap election and he was propelled into being the new lib demllenge on his hands. you said no one else wanted the job. in a sense this is a problem for the party, that it does not have any more a range of high—profile faces the public can engage with. sir vince cable may be well—known, not least for his appearances on strictly come dancing, but he is backed up by a tea m dancing, but he is backed up by a team that lacks public recognition. that is a party that —— problem the party house. to have a relevant message for the british public. i think what we will hear a lot about this conference is vince cable is a heavyweight politician who has been there and done it before. he was the business secretary who worked in government. was one of the few politicians who predicted the financial crash. the party wants to paint him as a serious politician who can deliver serious messages. the party only has 12 mps and it needs to punch above its parliamentary wait to be able to get that message through to the public. of course, the lib dems have a lot of pee

the lib dems should lead the fight against brexit, he said.exclusion of everything else. we're not a single—issue party, we're not ukip in reverse. he said returning to government was his aim. and my role as your leader is to be a credible potential prime minister. applause. sir vince called for major public spending on infrastructure, a penny rise in income tax to fund the health service, and government backed house—building to help young people onto the property ladder. we've got to end the stranglehold of oligarchs and speculators in our housing market. i want to see fierce tax penalties on the acquisition of property for investment purposes by overseas residents. at the last election, opposing brexit didn't attract voters in the way the liberal democrats had hoped. in this speech today, vince cable's trying to show that he's prepared to grapple with the broader issues facing the country, and he hopes that his past experience in government will add credibility to that message. vince cable is sounding ambitious — what do lib dem members make

the lib dems should lead the fight against brexit, he said.verse. he said returning to government was his aim. and my role as your leader is to be a credible potential prime minister. applause. sir vince called for major public spending on infrastructure, a penny rise in income tax to fund the health service, and government backed house—building to help young people onto the property ladder. vince cable is sounding ambitious — what do lib dem members make of it? vince cable says he could be the next prime minister — it's not going to happen, is it? not with that attitude, i don't think so. i think absolutely going forward he could be, and i think we all truly believe in liberal values and that's exactly why here. macron became president, so, you know, anything can happen. are things volatile enough to get vince cable into number ten? why not? why not indeed. now, this veteran politician must show that he can deliver results. vicki young, bbc news, bournemouth. you're watching beyond one hundred days. the british prime minister has brushed off

henry bolton previously stood as a lib dem and now he is leader of ukip, how did that come about?ean project. perhaps this first immediately job to the european project. perhaps this first immediatelyjob must be to stop ukip being frankly a bit of a laughing stock. the fact that they anja bijnens on the last bid for 18 days and paul nuttall frankly did not survive the fire, they need somebody who can provide at least a sold leadership for the party and suggests that it knows what it‘s doing. i suspect what he will not be able to provide is the charisma that nigel farage was able to provide which, frankly, without which, the party would never have made progress and in the absence of which it is probably going to struggle to look anything like the force that it did three, four years ago. professor john curtice from strathclyde university, thank you very much. detectives say that a body —— found in a lake in cheshire in the early hours of the morning — is believed to be that of a serving police officer. cheshire police said a 43—year—old man from wilmslow has been arrested on suspici

but i thought... the reason i voted lib dem was because back home it's a tory safe seat anyway.h, i mean i agree with a lot of what labour says, but i was torn between lib dem and labour. and in the end labour showed the most promise out of both of the two. you know on university campuses there is a lot of talk of the rise of corbyn. but you don't particularly feel part of that? i mean, no, i like him. but i think it does take a lot of the focus away from policies rather to the person. because one person by themselves, i don't think can change that much. you need a whole party and a solidified party. right, that's enough of the fresh air. back inside the conference hall with you now. and in case you've started to believe what you read about our abstemious youth, yes, you saw, there was alcohol. yes, there were fags. yes, even mid—afternoon. i'm joined now by ellie mae o'hagan who writes for the guardian and the mail on sunday's dan hodges. there was a sense of a leap forward in june forjeremy corbyn. what do you feel you need to hear from him tomorrow that gives them the extra f

jo swinson is a lib dem mp who lost her seat in 2015.served as a junior minister in the cabinet, but she was re—elected earlier this year in the general election, and she became the deputy leader, having declined the opportunity for running for the leadership against vince cable. expecting jo swinson on the platform, we can go back now... we are getting an introduction tojo swinson. here she comes. here she is. going to the podium. here's what she has to say. by want to take you back to a rainy saturday morning 28 yea rs back to a rainy saturday morning 28 years ago. i was doing a very nine—year—olds did. watching tv. close and children's programme called going live. some of you may remember that. depending on your age, you may think it was nothing compared to swap shop. that particular addition of the short sticks in my mind, because in a long the cartoons, and celebrities getting gunged, an amazing competition. the prize was to win a piece of the berlin wall. recently torn down, one of the most pivotal moments of 21st century history.

you would think that is the most pro—eu party that the lib dems would have the pick of the 40% of peoplel produced a disappointing —— demel election result that is the dismal killing occurred the shine has slightly come off it, they asked slightly down. it is a huge challenge the new leader has. sir vince cable needs to convince people of the party bus in their sta nce people of the party bus in their stance and brexit, turnaround that disappointing results from the general election and convince people that the lib dems are relevant in british politics once again. eleanor, thank you. the stage is set for sir vince cable to make that speech. he will be there at that podium very shortly. we are thinking in about ten minutes' time and we will bring you that live. the liberal democrat's leader's speech in bournemouth. someone else making a big speech is president trump. he says it will be a big day at the un with some big things and 21 is happening. 0ur chief international correspondent lyse doucet is in new york for us. what are we expecting in how important is the address? trump is predict

the lib dems to the famous u—turn and paid a terrible price.e logic. there are a couple of things at work. one is that the marketisation of higher education has not produced the effect people wanted. part of the story focuses on science courses versus arts course and how they have varied. and incentivising universities to offer assigns places because the economy needs it and those students at the greater chance of employment afterwards, which is fine but has some worrying questions about how we collectively agree the arts are a good thing and we would like to have them but there is the issue of who it actually benefits. one thing labourdid it actually benefits. one thing labour did not articulate in their campaign is that cutting jewish and is -- campaign is that cutting jewish and is —— cutting tuition fees benefits and middle—class, not necessarily the working class. that's it for the papers. just a reminder we take a look at tomorrows front pages every evening at 10.40 here on bbc news. i think weather wise it is looking better today than ye

it's that that has got the labour party, some tories, the lib dems and the snp really having their neckt like the suggestion. they believe ministers are trying to grab power and are able to behave on a whim without consulting mps. this first vote on this huge bill looks like the fragile government arithmetic will hold because tory rebels are keeping their powder dry for many more occasions through the coming months and also there are some labour mps who are worried that if they vote against a could look like they are somehow trying to block grexit and go against the decision of the people. —— block brexit. it looks as though the government will get their way but there are 20 more occasions where there are 20 more occasions where the mps will make them sweat until the mps will make them sweat until the early hours. and it won't surprise you to hear that brexit dominated proceedings at the tuc annual conference. the general secretary frances 0'grady has called on politicians from all parties not to rule out staying inside the single market after britain leaves the eu. 0ur political corres

stop the concern amongst some particularly labour mps on the opposition benches, and the snp and lib demsinst the government but i think this bill will get through when it comes to the vote in three hours' time. this is provoking some colourful language from some parts. this is one tweet from some parts. this is one tweet from the sun newspaper reporter. talking about the euro—sceptic conservative sir henry lee. what exactly is a reason for bringing henry viii into this? many in the british parliament never made on ex used to bring up henry viii. in this context, it is all about powers. the so—called henry viii clauses. that is because he was fond of legislating by proclamation, bypassing government. some people see their powers the government wa nts see their powers the government wants now, changing legislation without parliamentary scrutiny, they are known as henry viii powers. as you say, that brexit backing mp made the point he supports henry viii in that light. he supports the government now in doing the same. even the conservative mps have some concern about this bill. they will no

lib dems are calling for what they call an exit from brexit.cs feels broken. to me, to many in this room, and to so many far beyond this conference hall. we are absolutely right to fight for an exit from brexit. applause brexit will make it harder to follow oui’ brexit will make it harder to follow our values, to protect human rights, to tackle climate change. to solve global problems. an exit from brexit is necessary, but it is not sufficient. because this culture clash continues. and the populists stoke this tension. they do it deliberately. they talked in a simple sound bites that scapegoats different groups. it's all someone else's fault. as liberals we know this is nonsense. the nigel farage, donald trump, angry shouty slogans are not solutions to anything. donald trump, angry shouty slogans are not solutions to anythingm swinson, the deputy leader of the liberal democrats. the headlines on bbc news... police investigating the london tube bombing have arrested a second man — he's 21 and was detained in west london last night. the home secr

isn't this a bit of a poisoned chalice, being the new lib dem leader? it's a challenge. state of affairs in british politics, which is very polarised, people are looking for common sense solutions, not extremes. i think we can move into that space. is vince cable, the new leader, the person to take the party into that space? i think we should expect a lot of talk at this conference about his experience. remember he was a former business secretary. he had a short stint as leader about ten years ago. he is one of the few politicians to predict the financial crash. but clearly at the age of 74 he has decided not to go slowly into retirement, and instead is giving himself a rather large challenge. three years ago prince harry founded the invictus games, an international sports event for wounded service personnel. and next week, 90 competitors — the uk's biggest team yet — will take part in the games in canada. pa ra—athlete steve brown, a former wheelchair rugby captain, has been to meet a fellow athlete competing who's determined not to let a life—changing injury hold him b

the lib dems are calling for what they call an ‘exit from brexit‘.a 7% of the vote at the last general election just a few months ago yet here we have the new leader of the liberal democrats saying at the next election, he could plausibly be prime minister, but that would need the party to gain a considerable number of votes. it is true, the party has picked up lots of new members after that eu referendum and since the general election this year as well, but i think lots of people have been raising their eyebrows at that being a realistic prospect. as new leader, he does have an almighty challenge on his hands. you would think with the liberal democrats, the most pro—eu party out there, they would have their pick of the a8% of people who voted remain in the general election but it did not give them the result they were hoping for, they had just 12 mps, up from eight, but their vote share did drop. vince cable's comments on becoming a future prime minister are clearly setting out an ambitious challenge, but he thinks it could happen. it is possible...

speaking at the lib dem's conference in bournemouth, he said his party was well positioned in britishte policies. the party won just 12 mps at the last election. a woman and two children are in a critical but stable condition in hospital, after a collision on the m5 in gloucestershire, which left four people dead. a lorry crashed through the central reservation yesterday, hitting oncoming vehicles. the northbound carriageway has partially reopened. the un secretary general, antonio guterres, says the leader of myanmar, aung san suu kyi, has one "last chance," to end the military offensive, that's forced 400,000 rohingya muslims to escape to neighbouring bangladesh. he's warning the exodus must be reversed now, or the refugees will be recognised as victims of ethnic cleansing. 0ur correspondentjonathan head reports from the cox's bazar, —— bazaar, on the bangaldesh and myanmar border.. 0n the muddy shore of bangladesh's southernmost point, the stream of muslims seeking safety never stops. this is one of the places where the boats bring them in. 0n the other side of the naf river, still

is nice and warm here on the coast in bournemouth, and so vince cable has just arrived to open the lib dem to slap him down in the strongest possible way, otherwise she would lose any authority she has in terms of negotiating brexit. he accuses the cabinet of being more split than an oak tree struck by lightning, and he calls borisjohnson a pound land donald trump. boris johnson calls borisjohnson a pound land donald trump. borisjohnson says he cannot wait for a glorious brexit and he is behind theresa may, but there are lots of ways to read this 4000 word epic from borisjohnson. it is hard not to see it as a snub to theresa may, and it is very difficult not to see it as a bit of a leadership bid as well. and what about the conference itself taking place this week? 2015 was a diet election for the liberal democrats, they saw some wins back in this general election not least sir vince winning back his seat in richmond. general election not least sir vince winning back his seat in richmondlj think winning back his seat in richmond.” think there is going to be a lot of soul—searching at this

the lib dems are calling for what they call an exit from brexit.ears of a suspected chemical incident. residents reported being able to smell an unknown substance, some felt nausea and some were sick. nine we re felt nausea and some were sick. nine were treated here by the london ambulance service. two were taken to hospital. the london fire brigade says it swept the area, there were no elevated readings of chemicals on its equipment so this is now handed over to the gas board. i spoke to one of the residence who has been evacuated from one of the homes behind me earlier. i have been fine. i hope my neighbours are feeling all right. i wasn't actually sure earlier on but i realise now a couple have gone to hospital. they've a small child. they wanted to make sure everything was all right with the child. as long as everyone's all right and it gets dealt with, then, you know. police have said it's not believed to be a crime—related incident. we don't know what the substance was which led to people feeling unwell. it is sounding here like it may have b

the lib dems want to legalise cannabis. hi, there. nice to meet you.idence is clear that if you want to stop abuse and damage to young people, you have got to bring the trade into the open and out of the hands of the criminal underworld. the government says it bases its policy on research and evidence and it says it is protecting people from the harms that drug causes. well, i certainly don't want to promote drug use, and there are some forms of drugs that are legal, like cigarettes and alcohol. and they do cause harm but they're still legal and we try to minimise their use, and you use taxation and regulations to try and limit it. others are illegal, cannabis being a good example. but there are serious negative side—effects from driving it underground. and common sense suggests to me that you should try to regulate and control this market rather than just have a free—market anarchy in the underground, which is what happens at the moment. when cannabis plants are being bred and grown, they have a substance called "cannabigerol" that goes on to form thr

give a former soldier, a former policeman, a one—time lib dem.an union in the past but as you heard him say that, in his a cce pta nce you heard him say that, in his acceptance speech, he made it very clear that brexit must be the party. that will come as a relief to some in ukip will stop they see him as a bit of unity candidate after what was a divisive campaign, because the runner—up, the president came second in this race, and robbie waters, had campaigned hard with an anti—islam, anti—sharia law rhetoric. some said was the wrong direction and there we re was the wrong direction and there were threats of resignations had she won so were threats of resignations had she won so henry bolton's victory is being seen as a chance for ukip to unify being seen as a chance for ukip to u nify after being seen as a chance for ukip to unify after what has been a very difficult year. but it has been hard in the party. there was infighting and division. unity may be the goal but getting there still it be that easy. so they have a new leader. they also have

in the conference, members with blue eu hats scored on the beach exit from brexit but despite the lib demsarching here as to what they have not been doing as well as they could have. they are the most pro—eu party out there and theoretically they should have the pick of the a8% who voted remain and yet at this yea r‘s who voted remain and yet at this year's election they had a disappointing result and that is pa rt disappointing result and that is part of the challenge for sir vince cable. he has to win over those people who are remain supporters but i think what we will hear this afternoon in his big speech is that the party is notjust about brexit, 01’ as the party is notjust about brexit, or as he put it come ukip in reverse. he wants them to put forward bold and big ideas that will be popular with people but it is a big task he is facing to make the lib dems are relevant in british politics once again. for now, thank you. we will be bringing vince cable's speech at about 2pm this afternoon. that will be live. let's have a look at the weather now. a fairly quiet day ahead thanks to high

the lib dems were highly critical of this programme for government saying that not much was being proposed another couple of days. thank you, andrew. so, the major developments there in scottish politics. in america, the programme to allow the children of some illegal emigrants in the us has been entered today by the trump administration. protesters have been marching in support of the scheme, scheme put in by president obama. the scrapping of the scheme will affect around 800,000 people. the us congress by her six months to pass new legislation on the issue before this scheme ends. a court in paris has ordered the celebrity magazine closer to pay 100,000 euros in damages to the duke and duchess of cambridge for publishing topless of the duchess sunbathing on holiday five years ago. the royal couple were on a private holiday in provence when the pictures were taken. the court found some of those associated with the publication guilty of invading the duchess's privacy. our correspondent hugh schofield reports from paris. no surprise with the verdict. the pictures, taken at this chateaux in

there has been opposition from labour and the lib dems and the scottish national party.conservatives will be next to non—existent. the government should be absolutely fine getting this through at this stage through the house of commons. but there is a lot of anxiety and rows still to come on this. david davis, the brexit secretary, making the argument this is crucial to make sure that on the day of brexit, all of the loss from the eu are cut and paste here. labour say they understand that but call it legislative garbage, saying it takes away opportunity to scrutinise the detail of all of this and throws away the history of what they fought for for the last 100 yea rs. they fought for for the last 100 years. now, in terms of the results, that will come at around about the time, almost the time, you are springing like gazelles out of bed to present tomorrow's breakfast, because they will not take place until the early hours of the morning. this isjust the until the early hours of the morning. this is just the very beginning, as! morning. this is just the very beginning, as

speaking from the lib dem autumn conference in bournemounth, sir vince said politics was in "an extraordinaryity that he could be the next prime minister. it is possible rather than probable but it is a realistic ambition for me to aim for. we're the third party in the uk and of the conservative party continued to disintegrate with the infighting we are seeing over europe and the civil war and the labour party reignites all sorts of changes are possible. i am there and we're there is a party to take up the reins for the millions and millions of people of this country who want competent middle—of—the—road sensible government. the headlines on bbc newsroom live: police are questioning two men in connection with friday's tube bomb attack — one is believed to be 21—year—old ya hyah farroukh. wayne rooney has been banned from driving for two years, and sentenced to a hundred hours of community service, after he pleads guilty to a charge of drink driving. the head of the uk statistics watchdog is standing by his criticism of borisjohnson, in a row over how much money the nhs could get after brexit.

her government, with the support of the lib dems treble tuition fees.vernment has done, think that the government has done, think that the government has done, taking 30 million, a tax cut to 30 million people. that means, for a basic rate taxpayer £1000 more in their pocket. that is what sound management of the economy of a conservative government delivers for people. but the right honourable gentleman talks about delivering for students. let's talk about delivery. let's talk about promises that are made. he promised... order! order! there is far too much noise on both sides of the chamber. remember for brent central, i think you need to steer clear of whatever you had breakfast. the right honourable gentleman promised workers to protect their rights, and on monday he let them down. he promised students that he would deal with their debt, and he has let them down. he promised the british people that he would support trident, and he has let them down. he promised voters he would deliver on brexit and he has let them down. what people know is that it is

we will speak to vince cable from the lib dems a little later. that is in the minute's time.er you are waking up and weather, wherever you are waking up this morning. good morning from bbc london news. i'm claudia liza armah. 71% of teachers in london and the south—east say they've had physiological or mental health issues at work. in an exclusive poll for bbc 0ne's inside out programme it found almost all of those asked cited excessive workloads as a key factor resulting in a range of problems like depression, anxiety or panic attacks. the survey also showed that only 15% of teachers, who had suffered these problems, had raised it with their employer. here as a school, we have seen more teachers feeling more pressured. we have had to go in and support those teachers. that is notjust this school, that story is replicated across the picture. it's now thought a gas leak was responsible for several people near lewisham being taken to hospital yesterday morning. six homes were evacuated in lee while the fire brigade investigated what was initially described as a chemical leak. tw

what's mood like in the lib dem camp this morning? i have to also say it is a beautiful morning. mood at the liberal democrats, they seem to have this never—ending positivity. it has toned down a bit this year with the shine taken off it. there has been lots of soul—searching going on about why the party hasn't been doing better. theoretically, as the most pro—eu party out there, you would expect them to have the pick of the 48% of people who voted remain in the referendum that bt‘s election delivered a disappointing result for the party. sir vince cable, the new leader, worried —— want it shouldn't become a single issue party or ukip in reverse as he puts it. he has also said the party is about more than brexit and he will be putting forward big, bold and radical policies that will be popular. but, he has a big challenge on his hands to improve on the party's disappointing general election result and to make the liberal democrats relevant in british politics once again. the online tide of extremist propaganda from so—called islamic state is not slowing down, according to new res