The Chair of the Lib Dems in Parliament, the Solihull MP Lorely Burt, is convinced that her party is determined to press the case for a change of course, and that Mr Cameron and his colleagues are signalling their readiness to give ground.

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But so far Jean-Pierre Raffarin's government has shown little readiness to give much ground.

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