Election round-up – including the Lib Dem MP who is retiring, triggering an all-woman shortlist
One of the nine current Liberal Democrat MPs has chosen to step down ahead of June’s general election. … Read the full post »
Read about Nick Clegg, Member of Parliament 2005-17, leader of the Liberal Democrats 2007-15 and Deputy Prime Minister 2010-15.
After serving as a Liberal Democrat Member of the European Parliament, Clegg was elected as Member of Parliament for Sheffield Hallam in 2005. He succeeded Richard Allan, who had first gained the seat for the party in 1997.
Nick Clegg then held this seat until being defeated in the 2017 general election. Following that defeat, he retired from British politics.
He wrote about his experiences in office in his book, Politics – The Art of the Possible in an Age of Unreason.
One of the nine current Liberal Democrat MPs has chosen to step down ahead of June’s general election. … Read the full post »
Liberal Democrat Newswire #91 came out last week, with a special focus on the May elections: the by-election in Manchester Gorton and Lib Dem prospects in the council contests. … Read the full post »
Nick Clegg has called on liberal and one-nation Conservatives, centrist Labour politicians and Liberal Democrats to join together to mount an ideological response to Theresa May’s government. … Read the full post »
Here’s the new film from the Liberal Democrats, featuring Nick Clegg on the future of European Union citizens in the UK. … Read the full post »
Right To Stay is an initiative by the Liberal Democrats to guarantee the rights of EU citizens to continue to live and work in the UK, as well as British people living in other EU countries, after Brexit. … Read the full post »
The government is failing to honour the promises made by Brexit campaigners during the European referendum campaign. … Read the full post »
Liberal Democrat Newswire #89 came out last week, including possible answers to the puzzle of why the Lib Dems are doing well in Leave areas, a look at the way campaigning is changing in the Liberal Democrats and new opportunities for members to help make party policy. You can now read it in full below, but if … Read the full post »
Here’s Nick Clegg, echoing a point Paddy Ashdown has long made and which post-referendum now looks to have another chance of coming true. … Read the full post »
Left-wing commentator Owen Jones’s latest interview subject is former Liberal Democrat leader and current MP Nick Clegg. … Read the full post »
Asked by Huffington Post whether he would stand against for Parliament if the next general election is not until 2020, former Lib Dem leader Nick Clegg said… … Read the full post »