The “Triple Lock” is the nickname given to the formal mechanism adopted by the Liberal Democrats to decide on issues such as whether or not to go into a coalition with another party in the Westminster Parliament.
With a hung Parliament looking so likely, a quick recap of the Liberal Democrat triple lock process for negotiating with other parties may come in useful. … Read the full post »
The traditional pre-conference rally at Liberal Democrat conferences is more lively and informal than the main set piece speeches during conference, so expect even more football references than usual from Party President Tim Farron this evening. … Read the full post »
In my detailed history of the Liberal Democrat ‘triple lock’, I made a brief a reference to a Federal Appeals Panel ruling on it. … Read the full post »
The NHS is likely to feature prominently at the Liberal Democrat spring party conference in NewcastleGateshead … Read the full post »
Fears over Paddy Ashdown’s talks with Labour in the late 1990s triggered the Liberal Democrats to introduce the so-called ‘triple lock’ arrangement to stop Ashdown bouncing the party into a controversial decision. … Read the full post »
The overall tenor of the Liberal Democrat strategy debate was more good-natured than might have been expected. … Read the full post »
The Guardian’s splash about the first meeting of the party’s newly elected Federal Executive (FE) makes for rather generous coverage of a completely unexceptional decision. … Read the full post »
Today Tom Baldwin in The Times reports on its exciting persistent investigative journalism into the Liberal Democrat “triple lock” rule for deals with other parties. … Read the full post »
Since yesterday, in fact. Because in an otherwise thoughtful piece on hung Parliaments in The Independent, Steve Richards made this comment… … Read the full post »