Read about Charles Kennedy, the former Liberal Democrat MP and leader of the party 1999-2006. Greg Hurst has written an excellent biography of Charles Kennedy.
Knowing why people vote the way they do is tough. It’s not just because people may be reluctant to be honest to others about their motivations, but people are also often bad at understanding themselves. … Read the full post »
There were initial contacts between Labour leader Tony Blair and the Liberal Democrat leader Paddy Ashdown as early as 1993. … Read the full post »
Now the wonderful results are all in, and with Vince Cable expected to stand down as Liberal Democrat leader very shortly… … Read the full post »
After a stint of local election campaigning today, I’ll be covering the Liberal Democrat local election results in the next edition of Liberal Democrat Newswire. … Read the full post »
At the time, both inside the Liberal Democrats and outside the party, the 2001 general election appeared to be a good result. … Read the full post »
A blast from the past with one of the 1988 local election broadcasts from the Social and Liberal Democrats (then in its brief post-merger phrase of trying to go by the short name of The Democrats). … Read the full post »
It’s been another period of rapid growth for the readership of Lib Dem Newswire, with subscriber numbers nearly doubling already since January 1st. … Read the full post »
Membership of the Liberal Democrats has now surpassed its previous 1992 peak and is at its highest level in the history of the party. … Read the full post »
Charles Kennedy comes out of the Sun front page on Iraq rather better than The Sun. … Read the full post »
My Values – My Liberalism sets out a positive case for liberalism, the Liberal Democrats and Tim Farron as leader. … Read the full post »