Mark Oaten was the Liberal Democrat MP for Winchester 1997-2010 and briefly took part in the 2006 Liberal Democrat leadership contest. He left the Liberal Democrats in 2018.
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 »
The confusion commentators sometimes face when trying to understand the Liberal Democrat parliamentary party is illustrated by Vince Cable. … Read the full post »
At the time David Cameron started talking about the Big Society, the concept struck me as a mix of traditional community politics and vagueness. … Read the full post »
The repeated references to the stress caused by going bald sums up the good and the bad of former Liberal Democrat MP Mark Oaten’s autobiography. … Read the full post »
The Liberal Democrats have today written to the Commons Speaker asking when the detailed breakdown of MPs’ expenses will now be published. … Read the full post »