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Lib Dem Conference preview: Tame in the hall, feral on the fringe
TweetThe author worked for Liberal Democrat MPs in parliament for several years and now works for a national charity, so has remained anonymous so as not to associate his views with his employer. So...
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Recycled Tory attacks show Clegg has gone native
TweetOne of the main political attack lines from the deputy prime minister’s speech to the Liberal Democrat conference earlier this week had a familiar ring. When Nick Clegg told his delegates that Ed...
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And the next leader of the Liberal Democrats is…
TweetOne tipped as a future leader of the Liberal Democrats, Chris Huhne’s political career is all but over. It would require a Lazarus-style comeback for him to get anywhere near the leadership of the...
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Don’t cheer too loudly if Clegg gets a hammering in the Euro Elections
TweetThere was an interesting piece in yesterday’s Sunday Times (£) detailing an alleged Liberal Democrat plot to oust Nick Clegg should the party perform poorly in the European elections next month –...
View ArticleNorman Lamb: As Lib Dem leader I would oppose air strikes on IS in Syria
Liberal Democrat leadership hopeful Norman Lamb has told Left Foot Forward that as leader of the party he would oppose airstrikes on Islamic State positions in Syria. During a live Q&A session...
View ArticleTim Farron is the new Lib Dem leader
Yesterday Tim Farron beat former care minister Normal Lamb to become the new leader of the Lib Dems. He has an unenviable job, with the party struggling to form a new identity after the coalition...
View ArticleComment: Time is running out for the Lib Dems on diversity
The Lib Dems could be the first party to introduce minority-only shortlists at the next election, ran a recent headline. With just eight MPS, who are all white and all male, you would have thought...
View ArticleComment: Time for Labour and the Lib Dems to work together
The Conservatives are at their zenith. Junior doctors are under attack. The welfare state is being dismantled in the name of ‘balancing the books’. The Government is preparing to sell-off council...
View ArticleTim Farron calls for a ‘progressive political alliance’ on Europe
Image: Alex Folkes/Fishnik.com Tim Farron, leader of the Liberal Democrats, has called for a ‘progressive political alliance’ ahead of the European referendum. ‘This is a decision too big for tribal...
View ArticleLib Dems to fight next election on platform of rejoining Europe
The Liberal Democrats will fight the next general election on a platform of taking Britain back into the European Union, according to leader Tim Farron. ‘The British people deserve the chance not to...
View ArticleLib Dems hit their highest membership in a decade – why are thousands signing...
The Liberal Democrats have hit a 10-year membership high, having gained almost 16,000 new members in the weeks since the EU referendum. It’s a big turnaround for a party that, 12 months ago, many...
View ArticleLabour, Lib Dems and Greens call for snap general election
Opposition parties are calling on putative prime minister Theresa May to call a snap general election, following Andrea Leadsom’s surprise announcement that she was dropping out of the Tory...
View ArticleCalls for UK to suspend arms contracts with Saudi Arabia following hospital...
The government is facing pressure to review its trading arrangements with Saudi Arabia, following an airstrike on an MSF-supported hospital in Yemen. The strike — the fourth attack on an MSF facility...
View ArticleMajority reject second referendum as Europhiles prepare to ‘march for Europe’
Almost 70 per cent of people believe that Brexit must mean Brexit, new polling from YouGov shows, compared to just 22 per cent who believe that the government should ignore the result or seek to...
View ArticleThe Alternative: Can Britain’s progressive parties work together?
We are giving away four free copies of The Alternative to Left Foot Forward readers. Click here to subscribe to our email list and be in with a chance to win. When progressive politicians — John...
View ArticleFarage and Le Pen must not claim Brexit as their victory, says Lib Dem leader
Tim Farron argues Britain must remain an open and civil country after Brexit, and not allow right-wing populists to claim the Leave vote as their victory. The Liberal Democrat leader, speaking at an...
View ArticleGovernment slammed for inaction on anniversary of Alan Kurdi’s death
A year after the death of three-year-old Alan Kurdi, UK and EU leaders have been slammed for their failure to respond to the refugee crisis. When images of Alan’s body were printed and broadcast...
View ArticleTim Farron roasts Brexit ministers at Lib Dem conference rally
Tim Farron said the world ‘looks aghast’ at the UK over the government’s Brexit team of Liam Fox, David Davis and Boris Johnson, who haven’t ‘a flaming clue’ what to do about the EU referendum...
View ArticleLib Dems vote to campaign for EU membership – and for a referendum on any...
Liberal Democrats voted overwhelmingly for any Brexit deal to be put to the British people in a referendum – and to campaign to remain inside the EU. A policy motion was passed this morning at Lib...
View ArticleLib Dems could replace Labour as opposition, says Tim Farron at party conference
Tim Farron made an impassioned call today for the Liberal Democrats’ replacing Labour as Britain’s progressive opposition, saying a Lib Dem revival is the only way to stop Tory majorities and ‘the...
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