Vince Cable appointed Vice President of European Movement
Vince Cable has a new role in the European Movement, the pro-European organisation founded by Winston Churchill in 1948. … Read the full post »
Vince Cable
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.
Alistair Carmichael disassociates Lib Dems from Vince Cable’s comments on China
Following Vince Cable’s interview with Nigel Farage in which the former Lib Dem leader said it was wrong to talk about a ‘genocide’ in China, Lib Dem MP Alistair Carmichael has robustly disagreed. … Read the full post »
8 lessons from Chesham and Amersham: LDN #150
Liberal Democrat Newswire #150 looks at the lessons for the Liberal Democrats from Sarah Green’s brilliant by-election victory. … Read the full post »
The best pamphlet about liberalism I have read: LDN #142
Liberal Democrat Newswire #142 came out last week, taking a look at a wonderful modern expression of liberalism. … Read the full post »
Europe and the Liberal Democrats – where next? LDN #141
Europe. It’s still there. That’s both a geographic and a political observation. … Read the full post »
Before politicians had YouTube campaign clips…
… some of them made campaign videos on good old VHS tapes and sent them to voters, as this example from then Lib Dem MP Brian Cotter shows. … Read the full post »
Good questions and bad answers: how to choose the next Lib Dem leader (LDN #139)
What are the best questions to ask at a party leadership hustings? And what answers should get the alarm bells ringing? Read Liberal Democrat Newswire #139 to find out. … Read the full post »
The virtues of Marmite: Tim Farron’s advice on being a Liberal Democrat leader
This re-run of Episode #10 of Never Mind The Bar Charts features an interview with Tim Farron, including his advice for the next Liberal Democrat leader. … Read the full post »
A fair society is a resilient society: the future for the Lib Dems (LDN #136)
A fair society is one that can best protect and nourish us in the face of the challenges of the age, immediate ones such as coronavirus, long-term ones such as climate change, and endemic ones such as social injustice. … Read the full post »
What are Liberal Democrat members voting for? LDN #130
Liberal Democrat Newswire #130 took a look at all the posts up for election in the party’s current internal contests. … Read the full post »