Lib Dems Must Talk Up Successes in Coalition, Warns German, As Fear of Rebellion Persists ; Senior Mps Admit' Anxieties' Are Likely to Be Aired at Conference

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LIBERAL Democrats need to do more to talk up their political successes as part of the coalition government, the party's former leader inWales said last night.

Lord German, Wales' Deputy First Minister between 2000 and 2003, said he was convinced the coalition deal with the Conservatives will hold firm until the next general election.

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Lib Dems Must Talk Up Successes in Coalition, Warns German, As Fear of Rebellion Persists ; Senior Mps Admit' Anxieties' Are Likely to Be Aired at Conference

But he said party activists and voters had yet to see "the best bits" from the joint policy programme, and acknowledged the party sometimes struggled to present a clear narrative in the media.

"The junior partner has more difficulty in getting its message across," he told the Western Mail.

"You can have a strong influence, but you must be able to point to things that are yours, and we're not quite there y...

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