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7 October 2014updated 08 Oct 2014 12:29pm

Tim Farron’s speech to the Lib Dem conference: full text

The Lib Dem president calls for "active, ambitious, liberal government".

By New Statesman

(Photo By Liberal Democrat president Tim Farron speaks at the party's conference in Glasgow. Photograph: Getty Images.)

As I was walking in my local park, looking for inspiration for my speech, I kept meeting people who, amazingly, reinforced exactly the things I already think. 

Which was enormously convenient.  

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