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Currently, the Liberal Democrats are the third largest political party in the UK. A short overview of their political aims would be a sense of environmentalism, a multilateral foreign policy, and the minimizing of state intervention in personal activities. How could the Liberal Democrats (LibDems) become the leading party in the UK, with the earliest POD possible.

IMHO, the 2005 election would be the easiest POD, as the LibDems and some political columnists at the time were anticipating a political breakthrough and hoping to win over 100 seats. That did not materialize, however.

What would the world look like, both in terms of UK domestic politics and international issues? I think it would be fair to say that if the LibDems had been in power during the lead-up to the Iraq War Britain would not have committed troops. Furthermore, it is a possibility that the UK would have been much more pro-European under LibDem leadership.
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