Liberal Democrat
noun
: a member or supporter of a British political party that is known as the Liberal Democrats
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What To Know Lugovoi is a deputy of the Russian parliament (State Duma) for the Liberal Democrat Party of Russia, which is part of the country’s systemic opposition.
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Brendan Cole, MSNBC Newsweek, 6 Oct. 2025
Another is a former Liberal Democrat who called for troops to break a sanitary workers’ strike in Birmingham.
—Arash Azizi, The Atlantic, 4 Oct. 2025
In the fall of 2013, a staffer named Giles Wilkes, who worked for a senior Liberal Democrat minister in the coalition, became alarmed by projections that showed ever-reducing government budgets.
—Sam Knight, The New Yorker, 25 Mar. 2024
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Brendan Cole, MSNBC Newsweek, 6 Oct. 2025
Another is a former Liberal Democrat who called for troops to break a sanitary workers’ strike in Birmingham.
—Arash Azizi, The Atlantic, 4 Oct. 2025
In the fall of 2013, a staffer named Giles Wilkes, who worked for a senior Liberal Democrat minister in the coalition, became alarmed by projections that showed ever-reducing government budgets.
—Sam Knight, The New Yorker, 25 Mar. 2024
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