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Around the Web: Liberal Democrat manifesto

Analysis from Pete and Daniel is available and here’s what the rest of the Web makes of the Lib Dem’s manifesto:

Nick Robinson notes that the Lib Dems have made fiscal responsibility and fiscal fairness their standalone issues:

‘But you don’t need to reach for a calculator or even call our friends at the Institute of Fiscal Studies to ask this question – if you were in government and could really find £17bn, would you actually be prepared to give it all away? Nick Clegg’s answer to that question is an interesting one. He argues that the public will only back what he once called savage cuts in public spending if they see that the cake is being fairly distributed.’

The FT’s Phillip Stephens thinks that, for all their policy failings, Clegg and Cable are having a good campaign.

‘The Liberal Democrats are having a good campaign.

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