Are the Lib Dems winning here?
The former coalition partner has a chance to be a major political force again.

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Freddie Hayward is political correspondent at the New Statesman. He interviews leading political figures, writes Morning Call and appears on the New Statesman Podcast.
The former coalition partner has a chance to be a major political force again.
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