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Free with one’s political views? (7)

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I believe the answer is:

liberal

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'free' is the definition.
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'one's political views?' is the wordplay.
I cannot really understand how this works, but
'one' could be 'li' (I've seen this in other clues) and 'li' is present in the answer.
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(Other definitions for liberal that I've seen before include "Tolerant and open-minded in Braille" , "Respectful of opinions different from one's own" , "enlightened" , "Broad-minded in Braille" , "(Of quantities) generous" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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