Read about the Liberal Democrat MP and former Secretary of State for Business Vince Cable. He was elected leader of the Liberal Democrats in 2017, following Tim Farron’s resignation, and stood down in 2019.
Vince Cable’s memoirs Free Radical are well worth a read.
Writing this week in the Evening Standard, Vince Cable has repeated his call to legalise assisted dying, a topic on which he changed his mind earlier this year. … Read the full post »
Liberal Democrat Newswire #126 contains the results of a survey of party members on who they are going to vote for as the next Liberal Democrat leader and why. … Read the full post »
A new cross-[party alliance is calling for electoral reform and the end of first past the post for Parliamentary elections. … Read the full post »
Ed Davey and Jo Swinson have been sketching out very different approaches to working with those who share (some of the) party’s values but are not in the Lib Dems. … Read the full post »
A quick update on new Liberal Democrat member, Chuka Umunna, who now has his first role in the party. … Read the full post »
Former Labour MP and party leadership candidate Chuka Umunna has applied to join the Liberal Democrats. … Read the full post »
Welcome to the latest episode of Never Mind The Bar Charts, featuring a special interview with Tim Farron and including his advice for the next party leader as well as tips on what members should ask in hustings meetings. … Read the full post »
Liberal Democrat Newswire #125 came out last week, taking a look at the remarkable European Parliament elections and what comes next for the Lib Dems. … Read the full post »
There has not (yet?) been any public polling about the Liberal Democrat leadership race itself. However, we do have the YouGov Ratings… … Read the full post »
Catherine Bearder, re-elected as a Liberal Democrat MEP and now with 15 (!) colleagues, has been elected leader of the group. … Read the full post »