Shirley Williams has died, aged 90
Very sad news about one of the greats of post-war British politics, and someone who broke a good few glass ceilings on the way. … Read the full post »
Lord Dick Newby
Dick Newby was Chief Executive of the SDP, Chief of Staff to then party leader Charles Kennedy and elected Leader of the Liberal Democrats in the House of Lords in 2016.
Liberal Democrats set up Coronavirus Community Taskforce
Liberal Democrat Acting Leader Ed Davey has set up a Coronavirus Community Taskforce to coordinate Liberal Democrat councillors’, members’, activists’ and supporters’ response to the coronavirus crisis in their communities. … Read the full post »
New Lib Dem Shadow Cabinet revealed with four new MPs joining
Liberal Democrat party leader Jo Swinson has updated and expanded her Shadow Cabinet line-up, adding roles for new MPs Luciana Berger, Sam Gyimah, Phillip Lee and Angela Smith along with some changes in the responsibilities of the others. … Read the full post »
Lib Dem leader in the Lords turns up for work, ready to battle Brexit
Lord Dick Newby, Lib Dem leader in the House of Lords, turned up for work today with some extra equipment. … Read the full post »
In a world of Trumps, Le Pens and Putins, we are firmly on the other side – Vince Cable
Vince Cable: It is a sobering thought that just under 2,000 years ago there were people gathered on this spot no doubt complaining about a treaty from Rome… … Read the full post »
First reactions of Liberal Democrats to 7 Labour MPs forming the Independent Group
Here are the initial reactions of a range of Liberal Democrats to the departure of seven MPs from Labour, creating The Independent Group. … Read the full post »
How the Lib Dems nearly promised a whole £12 extra for the NHS: Liberal Democrat Newswire #118
Liberal Democrat Newswire #118 has the story from Phil Cowley of the Liberal Democrat manifesto for the general election that wasn’t in 2016. It promised a whole £12 extra for the NHS. … Read the full post »
How Liberal Democrat peers voted over Anthony Lester
The turnout of Liberal Democrat peers in the vote was relatively low as it happened at the same time as the Liberal Democrat House of Lords group was holding an away day out of London. … Read the full post »
Want to get housing policy right? You need to learn from road building
Imagine what would happen if, due to an unfortunate editing error, the transport and housing policy speeches of a centre-left, environmentally friendly politician – who could be a Lib Dem, Green, Labour, Ukip, Plaid, SNP, SDLP or even a wet Tory – got mixed up. … Read the full post »
New Lib Dem spokespersons team announced
Announcing the new Lib Dem spokespersons team, which features two former leaders in the form of Tim Farron and Ming Campbell, current party leader Vince Cable said… … Read the full post »