Read about former Liberal Democrat MP and government minister Simon Hughes.
Former MP in Southwark, previous Party President and Deputy Leader of the Liberal Democrats, indefatigable conference fringe meeting attender and brilliant campaigner for liberalism, Simon Hughes has announced that he won’t be standing again for Parliament. … Read the full post »
That and more from this Thames News TV piece on the 1986 Liberal Party Assembly in Eastbourne, featuring David Steel and the famous defence debate. … Read the full post »
Right from his first conference speech as leader of the Liberal Democrats (and indeed before that too), Vince Cable has talked of the need for a post-18 education policy which isn’t just about the minority who go to university but which is also about the majority who don’t. … Read the full post »
A blast from the past with one of the 1988 local election broadcasts from the Social and Liberal Democrats (then in its brief post-merger phrase of trying to go by the short name of The Democrats). … Read the full post »
“As we knock on doors around this area, it is very clear that people want once again the kind of MP that Simon was and will be again” – Tim Farron … Read the full post »
Great to be over in Southwark this evening where Simon Hughes’s election campaign is well and truly up and running. … Read the full post »
Very welcome news from Vince Cable: with a snap general election, he’s standing for Parliament again in his former Twickenham constituency. … Read the full post »
Simon Hughes, the very popular former Lib Dem MP, will be standing again for Bermondsey and Old Southwark in the event of an early general election. … Read the full post »
A batch of candidates have now been selected in seats formerly held by the party as part of the Liberal Democrat preparations for a possible 2016 general election. … Read the full post »
Former Liberal Democrat deputy leader Simon Hughes is to oversee public affairs for the Open University. … Read the full post »