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the liberal democrats have called for new protections for rivers and coastlines, to end what they call environmental vandalism . the party has announced an expansion of marine protected areas and a new blue flag status for rivers, which will be included in its general election manifesto. the lib dems deputy leader daisy cooper has been campaining in henley on thames in oxfordshire. the fact is that there s been this absolute environmental catastrophe of raw sewage being pumped into our rivers and streams for far too long now. liberal democrats have been at the forefront of trying to call for an end to water sewage dumping for the last three years. we put out lots of incredibly bold proposals to tax the sewage companies so they can pay for the clear up. we ve called for an end to sewage dumping, and today we are calling for blue flag status. we ve had blue flag status for many of our beaches around the country, which is a guarantee to people that it s a safe place to swim. we think th

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