Alex Carlile was the Liberal / Liberal Democrat MP for Montgomeryshire 1983-1997 and became a Lib Dem peer in 1999. He quit the party over civil liberties in 2017.
Here’s the Prime Minister speaking just weeks before the 2010 general election in the leadership debates, where he couldn’t have been clearer in his support for a mainly or wholly elected chamber… … Read the full post »
A quartet of Liberal Democrat peers are leading the charge to change the Legal Aid Bill as it goes through the House of Lords. … Read the full post »
In his Hugo Young lecture last week Nick Clegg clearly signalled the imminent end to control orders. … Read the full post »
Politics.co.uk reports mixed views from Liberal Democrats about how the party’s backbench committees are working: “One co-chair charged with one of the biggest policy portfolios said the committees were a “waste of time”. … Read the full post »