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So far so good

I am one of the people who welcomes Ming Campbell's aim to have more professionalism in the way in which the Lib Dems operate.

That, however, does not mean that I support the suggestions of requiring lone parents of children aged 11 to get jobs.

I was also uncomfortable with the proposals on the Royal Mail. We need to have an effective policy on how to maintain the network of sub-Post Offices and there was 95% agreement as to much of the resolution passed. There did, however, remain a 5% disagreement. The agreement relates to the outcomes, the disagreement relates to the process. However, this disagreement is not as great as that relating to requiring lone parents of children aged 11+ to work.

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