How to meet the big challenges of our time: LDN #147
There is striking lesson from the efforts of different countries to tackle coronavirus, efforts that have varied remarkably and tragically in their effectiveness. … Read the full post »
Andrew George
Andrew George was the Liberal Democrat MP for the St Ives constituency from 1997 until being defeated in 2015.
What happens next for the Liberal Democrats?
With just another 463 votes, Sarah in Richmond Park, Mark in Ceredigion, Andrew in St Ives and Elizabeth in North East Fife – who missed out by a heartbreakingly tiny two votes – would have made the Liberal Democrat Parliamentary Party 16. … Read the full post »
Election round-up: four more former Lib Dem MPs re-standing
As I reported last night, the Liberal Democrats are, unusually, running a candidate against the Speaker. … Read the full post »
Reform of the spare room subsidy
We, the undersigned Liberal Democrat prospective parliamentary candidates and activists have championed reform of the bedroom tax in the Liberal Democrat manifesto. … Read the full post »
MP conference fringe league table 2014: Norman Lamb hits an all time high
Basically, if you’re in Glasgow and Norman Lamb isn’t in the room, the chances are you’ve got to the wrong venue by mistake. … Read the full post »
If the ‘experts’ had been right, the political world would have ended last Friday
There was a vote in Parliament about changing a piece of government legislation, and Liberal Democrat MPs… … Read the full post »
Lib Dem conference MP fringe league table 2013: please send any spare time machines to Vince
Back for its fifth year is my Liberal Democrat conference fringe meeting league table, showing how many fringes each MP will be speaking at. … Read the full post »
Lib Dem pressure secures rethink on NHS reguations
The health secretary, Jeremy Hunt, is to be forced by his Liberal Democrat coalition partners to rewrite controversial regulations that prompted Labour warnings of a backdoor privatisation of the NHS… … Read the full post »
MP conference fringe league table 2012: Baker is the new Hughes, but he’s no Cable
Back for its fourth year is my Liberal Democrat conference fringe meeting league table, showing how many fringes each MP will be speaking at. … Read the full post »
Health Bill debate at conference: live blog
Welcome to this live blog of the health debate at the Liberal Democrat federal conference. Updates added at the foot. … Read the full post »