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Article: Lib Dems offer no bonus for Blair
The Scotsman;  September 25, 1998 ;     700+ words ... ... proper programmes for governing. This makes the Lib Dems unattractive allies for Tony Blair, however anxious Mr Ashdown is to cosy up to him. Mr Blair does not need the Lib Dems at all at the moment and it is hard to see in ...

Article: Blair wanted Lib Dems in Cabinet
The Scotsman;  November 29, 1999 ;     700+ words ... ... 10 denials that Mr Blair ever made any such offers to the Lib Dems. They will enrage ... discussions between the Lib Dems' leadership and Mr Blair, the Ashdown papers ... also notes how Mr Blair pledged to help the Lib Dems secure victory at ...

Article: Leading Article: Now Mr Blair must offer the Lib ...
The Independent - London;  November 16, 1998 ;     700+ words ... ... principals. Mr Blair would like to absorb the Lib Dems into a coalition ... justification, that Blair did not like the ... then, for the Lib Dems to preserve their ... easier for the Lib Dems to retain their ... and require Mr Blair to offer the party ...

Article: Paddy Ashdown's successor cannot take Blair for granted ...
The Independent - London;  June 11, 1999 ;     700+ words ... ... with the election of Blair in July 1994, there ... speculation that the Lib Dems would be swallowed ... parliamentary party, the Lib Dems would indeed have been swallowed alive by Blair. Just as important ... will be. It was the Lib Dems' electoral strength that made ...

Article: Blair under fire from Left over party links to Lib ...
The Scotsman;  January 23, 1999 ;     700+ words ... ... then denied that Mr Blair had been forced to ... the links to the Lib Dems. But both attacks ... private criticism of Mr Blair's attempts to develop ... has now seen the Lib Dems helping ministers ... operation with the Lib Dems. Leaked minutes ... Minister said Mr Blair ...

Article: Comment: Whatever they say, the Lib Dems love ...
The Sunday Telegraph London;  August 8, 1999 ;     700+ words ... ... Government. They think that the Lib Dems do not need Mr Blair at all. With all respect to these ... spinning out of control and that the Lib Dems needed to put distance between ... about his discussions with Mr Blair at Westminster. New Labour spokesmen ...

Article: Blair faces voting reform dilemma ELECTORAL REFORM Labour ...
The Independent - London;  January 5, 2000 ;     700+ words ... ... Commons. It might be accepted by the Lib Dems as a stepping stone to PR in the long ... As with other tricky issues, Mr Blair is likely to put off a decision until ... against his left-wing MPs, with the Lib Dems extracting electoral reform as the ...