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Leading article: The Liberal Democrats have reason for both optimism and doubt
At one time, this Liberal Democrat party conference was expected to be a victory rally; a celebration of the party's return to power after decades in the wilderness. But delegates gather today in Liverpool full of doubts. The party's support in the opinion polls has fallen sharply since May. Discontent about certain Coalition policies is swelling. Some are even beginning to speak of an existential crisis for the party, wondering how it can ever escape the Conservative embrace.
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• Christina Patterson: If bigger breasts are the answer, what's the question?
I'm a big fan of plastic surgery. Without it, I think I might feel like a freak.
• Rupert Cornwell: US politics now an absurdity
Rise of partisanship has turned every legislative debate into trench warfare.
• Richard Ingrams: Atheism could do without Dawkins
Rather than attacking Dawkins, Pope's followers ought to encourage him.
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