Which (ex)MP is backing which candidate in the Lib Dem leadership race?
See the latest running tallies of which (ex) MPs are backing which candidate in the Liberal Democrat leadership race. … Read the full post »
Paul Tyler was the Liberal MP for Bodmin February-October 1974 and then Liberal Democrat MP for North Cornwall 1992-2005. In 2005 he became a member of the House of Lords.
See the latest running tallies of which (ex) MPs are backing which candidate in the Liberal Democrat leadership race. … Read the full post »
A series of assemblies should be set up across England to take over powers currently wielded in Westminster, according to two Liberal Democrats. … Read the full post »
As MPs come to realise that their brand is more important than the party’s there will be ever more temptation to project themselves as independent Lib Dems. … Read the full post »
One for those who have followed the details of internal Liberal Democrat debates over House of Lords reform… … Read the full post »
The Lib Dem peer and political reform expert is @PTylerLords, and as ever you can follow all the Liberal Democrat peers on Twitter via my list https://twitter.com/markpack/lists/libdem-peers. … Read the full post »
An amendment that would have removed charities from the Lobbying Bill and the Political Parties Elections and Referendums Act 2000 (PPERA) was torpedoed by the Charity Commission in a key debate in the House of Lords on Wednesday night. … Read the full post »
The opening of the 1911 Parliament Act, which clipped the House of Lords’ powers, promised it was only an interim measure. … Read the full post »
Nick Clegg pushed two distinctively Liberal Democrat pieces of financial reform in the last month – for councils and for the banks. … Read the full post »
Liberal Democrat Newswire #8 covers the NHS, Lords reform, Paddy Ashdown and more. … Read the full post »
Over the weekend Mark Valladares blogged about the three Liberal Democrats being appointed to the Joint Committee of both Houses of Parliament carrying out pre-legislative scrutiny on Lords reform. … Read the full post »