Andrew George was the Liberal Democrat MP for the St Ives constituency from 1997 until being defeated in 2015.
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 »
As I reported last night, the Liberal Democrats are, unusually, running a candidate against the Speaker. … Read the full post »
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 »
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 »
There was a vote in Parliament about changing a piece of government legislation, and Liberal Democrat MPs – including ministers, such as Vince Cable, who first ostentatiously cleared his diary – merrily walked through different lobbies from the Conservatives. The Conservatives were defeated and… well, government continued, coalition continued and the political world trundled on. … Read the full post »
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 »
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 »
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 »
Welcome to this live blog of the health debate at the Liberal Democrat federal conference. Updates added at the foot. … Read the full post »
Liberal Democrat peers used to be in a remarkably privileged position in the party. Not only because they have held office without the pesky need for elections but also because for many years the third party in the House of Lords has been the key swing vote when the government has been wanting to get … Read the full post »