Fighting for the change you need: latest Lib Dem party political broadcast
Watch the latest Liberal Democrat party political broadcast, featuring Ed Davey’s listening tour of the country. … Read the full post »
Paddy Ashdown
Read about the former Liberal Democrat MP and leader of the party 1988-1999, Paddy Ashdown. His memoirs, which include a classic chapter on how to win a constituency, are called A Fortunate Life.
Strong support from party members for Paddy Ashdown’s political strategy
There is one answer, in particular, I wanted to pull out due to its relevance to discussions all through the party this year: attitudes towards Paddy Ashdown’s political strategy in the 1990s. … Read the full post »
Getting the Liberal Democrats back on track: LDN #137
It’s a busy time putting the Liberal Democrats back on track: the big independent election review, a leadership timetable, plans for an online party conference that would be a first for British politics, creating a new party strategy, updating our policy and more. … Read the full post »
The Project: how the Conservatives were beaten last time – with Duncan Brack
In the latest episode of Never Mind The Bar Charts, I talk with Duncan Brack, the closest thing the party has to an official historian, about the lessons for the Liberal Democrats from the last time that a Conservative government was defeated. … Read the full post »
Cross-party cooperation: lessons from Paddy Ashdown’s tenure as Lib Dem leader
How Paddy Ashdown tried to make cross-party cooperation work during his time as Liberal Democrat leader – and the lessons for contemporary politics. … Read the full post »
How Lib Dems can win a Parliamentary constituency: a short talk
How do you win a Parliamentary constituency at a general election? Here’s what I told Putney Liberal Democrats. … Read the full post »
Paddy Ashdown’s eight steps to winning a Parliamentary constituency
In December 1976 Paddy Ashdown put to the local party in Yeovil a plan for winning the constituency for which he had been recently selected. … Read the full post »
Edward Davey and Jo Swinson pick their favourite historical figures
The admirable Liberal Democrat History Group has once again asked the contenders in a party leadership contest to name their historical hero. … Read the full post »
The Cook-Maclennan talks: lessons in cross-party cooperation
There were initial contacts between Labour leader Tony Blair and the Liberal Democrat leader Paddy Ashdown as early as 1993. … Read the full post »
The local government record of Liberal Democrat leaders
Now the wonderful results are all in, and with Vince Cable expected to stand down as Liberal Democrat leader very shortly… … Read the full post »