Matthew Oakeshott became a Liberal Democrat peer in 2000 but resigned from the party in 2014 after his involvement in a failed plot to oust party leader Nick Clegg became public.
Former Lib Dem peer Lord Oakeshott (he of the controversial constituency polls and bodged anti-Clegg coup attempt) has given £300,000 to 30 Labour Parliamentary candidates up against Tories or Ukip, £300,000 to 15 Lib Dems and £10,000 to the Green MP Caroline Lucas. … Read the full post »
Whilst the failed Oakeshott plot may have strengthened Nick Clegg’s position as party leader, it still leaves the party with some major questions over policy and strategy in the wake of the European and local elections. … Read the full post »
Ex-Lib Dem peer Lord Oakeshott may have earned a footnote in the history books for a spectacularly self-destructive plot against Nick Clegg that simply resulted in his own exit from the party. … Read the full post »
Liberal Democrat Newswire #48 includes exclusive analysis of those Matthew Oakeshott ICM polls that have been in the news. … Read the full post »
ICM isn’t the pollster the Lib Dems use for its constituency polls and two different sources have firmly denied that the polls leaked to The Guardian are ones commissioned by the party. … Read the full post »
Which prominent Lib Dems who are NOT MPs (eg, peers, campaigners) are doing an effective job of promoting the party to the public? … Read the full post »
From last night’s Newsnight comes this clip of Vince Cable talking about the state of the economy, the Conservative Chancellor of the Exchequer George Osborne and his own political ambitions. … Read the full post »
Liberal Democrat Newswire #3 is out: what Eric Pickles got right, how Labour was going to cut more, our freedoms extended, conference previewed and more. … Read the full post »
The Government offered to emasculate the Independent Commission on Banking. … Read the full post »
Today’s The Guardian has a profile of Lib Dem peer and former Treasury spokesman Lord (Matthew) Oakeshott … Read the full post »