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Lord Richard

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Tuesday 22nd March 2011

(13 years, 7 months ago)

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We shall continue to do so.

I am grateful for the depth of concern for the purity of the Liberal Democrats. It is most touching to hear so much from the Labour Benches. Indeed, it reminded me of the years in which I used to worry about the purity of the commitment of the noble Lord, Lord Richard, to the Labour Party as it became Eurosceptic, and how on earth he could manage to stay in the Labour Party through all of its twists and turns on Europe. But we worry about each other.

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Is the noble Lord saying that I became a Eurosceptic? If he is, he knows nothing about me.

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I know very well that the noble Lord did not, but I also understand that he made various compromises to stay in his own party.