A trio of Tory / Liberal Democrat disagreements in government
Number 10 has backed Business Secretary Vince Cable after he was fined for failing to pay tax on his non-Parliamentary earnings. … Read the full post »
Chris Huhne
Chris Huhne was a Liberal Democrat MEP and then MP for Eastleigh 2005-13. He stood for the party’s leadership in 2007, losing to Nick Clegg.
A Cabinet minister in the 2010 Conservative-Liberal Democrat coalition government, Chris Huhne’s political career came to an end after being convicted of perverting the course of justice following a traffic speeding incident.
Daily Mail sued by Carina Trimingham
The Press Gazette reports: MP Chris Huhne’s partner Carina Trimingham today brought a High Court damages action over a “cataclysmic interference” with her private life. The PR adviser, whose adulterous affair with the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change became public in June 2010 – with Huhne leaving his wife of 26 years … Read the full post »
A messaging mess: what Lib Dems are achieving in government
As I wrote in the immediate aftermath of Nick Clegg’s conference speech, the party was much better at saying what it was against than what is was for. … Read the full post »
Liberal Democrats Conference round-up and preview: Tuesday/Wednesday
See what happened on Tuesday in Birmingham at Liberal Democrat conference and find out what to watch out for today, Wednesday. … Read the full post »
Liberal Democrats Conference round-up and preview: Monday/Tuesday
Here is what happened on Monday in Birmingham at Liberal Democrat conference and what to watch out for today, Tuesday. … Read the full post »
Nick Clegg: The Biography published today – is it worth reading?
The pre-publication newspaper serialisation of Chris Bower’s biography of Nick Clegg used extracts which covered the Deputy Prime Minister’s early life. … Read the full post »
Electoral Commission clears Chris Huhne over election expenses
As, ahem, predicted the Electoral Commission’s investigation into Chris Huhne’s election expenses has concluded that his campaign kept to the legal limits. … Read the full post »
Chris Huhne: we need smart regulation in the energy sector
Chris Huhne spoke at the Social Liberal Forum‘s conference on smart regulation for the energy sector. … Read the full post »
The Guardian cottons on to rise and rise of the Social Liberal Forum
The Social Liberal Forum got a profile in The Guardian this week, rightly highlighting its growing influence in the party. … Read the full post »
Liberal Democrat Newswire #8 is out: the NHS, House of Lords reform, Paddy Ashdown and more
Liberal Democrat Newswire #8 covers the NHS, Lords reform, Paddy Ashdown and more. … Read the full post »