The Cook-Maclennan talks: lessons in cross-party cooperation

June 9, 2019 - 9:09 am

There were initial contacts between Labour leader Tony Blair and the Liberal Democrat leader Paddy Ashdown as early as 1993. … Read the full post »

The local government record of Liberal Democrat leaders

May 5, 2019 - 4:28 pm

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 »

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Wow, what a set of the Liberal Democrat local election results

May 3, 2019 - 9:34 pm

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 »

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Lessons from the 2001 general election for the future of the Lib Dems

September 23, 2018 - 10:32 am

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 »

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How they used to do party political broadcasts: the Liberal Democrats in 1988

May 17, 2018 - 7:30 pm

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 »

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Weirdest poll finding of 2017: Liberal Democrat Newswire #106

November 16, 2017 - 10:25 am

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 »

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Lib Dem membership hits record high

May 3, 2017 - 12:02 am

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 »

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