Lessons from the 2001 general election for the future of the Lib Dems
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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Charles Kennedy
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.
How they used to do party political broadcasts: the Liberal Democrats in 1988
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 »
Weirdest poll finding of 2017: Liberal Democrat Newswire #106
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 »
Lib Dem membership hits record high
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 »
How The Sun viewed Charles Kennedy
Charles Kennedy comes out of the Sun front page on Iraq rather better than The Sun. … Read the full post »
Read Tim Farron’s My Values – My Liberalism, setting out his political credo
My Values – My Liberalism sets out a positive case for liberalism, the Liberal Democrats and Tim Farron as leader. … Read the full post »
Charles Kennedy: A Tragic Flaw – newly updated biography by Greg Hurst
Greg Hurst’s excellent biography of Charles Kennedy has been updated following his tragic death in 2015. … Read the full post »
Liberal Democrat Newswire #74 is out: new Kennedy biography
Liberal Democrat Newswire 74 came out last week, featuring the newly updated biography of Charles Kennedy, Christmas book suggestions, the role of social events in political organising, a prize draw and more. … Read the full post »
A footnote re. Charles Kennedy and military intervention
Charles Kennedy’s name has been invoked by some during the current Syrian debates, but often wrongly. … Read the full post »
Sign up to get Lib Dem Newswire 74 and read about the new Charles Kennedy biography
A newly updated biography of Charles Kennedy is one of the subjects covered in the next edition of Liberal Democrat Newswire. … Read the full post »