Michael Moore succeeded David Steel as the Liberal Democrat MP for Tweeddale, Ettrick and Lauderdale in 1997. The seat became Berwickshire, Roxburgh & Selkirk in 2005 and he held that seat until being defeated in the 2015 general election.
The coalition agreement’s commitment to devolve more powers from Westminster to Scotland was one aspect that helped it win strong support from Scottish Liberal Democrats as further devolution has been a long-running Lib Dem demand. Now the Scotland Bill is moving through Parliament to turn those commitments into action. The BBC reports: Scottish Secretary Michael … Read the full post »
Here’s the full list of Liberal Democrat special advisers currently appointed during the coalition government. … Read the full post »
The appointments of various Liberal Democrat MPs to be PPS (Parliamentary Private Secretaries) to ministers have been rather low-profile. So in case you have missed any, here is the complete list. … Read the full post »
Using the official information on which MP is attending which fringe meeting, this is how the autumn 2010 Liberal Democrat conference league table looks. … 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 »
Here’s the full membership list for Lib Dem leader Nick Clegg’s new Shadow Cabinet line-up. … Read the full post »
Iain Dale, that paragon of impartial and erudite words of wisdom on UK politics (occasionally, when he’s not being an unthinking Tory loyalist obviously), has… … Read the full post »