David Laws

David Laws was Lib Dem MP for Yeovil from 2001-2015. He helped negotiate the first Lib-Lab Coalition government in Scotland in 1999 and the Cameron-Clegg Coalition of 2010-2015. He is the author of 'Serpents, Goats and Turkeys: A century of Liberal-Labour relations', published by Biteback.

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Liberals beware, you’ve been burned by Labour before

David Laws’ latest book ‘Serpents, Goats and Turkeys: A century of Liberal-Labour relations’ is published by Biteback. I wrote my new book for two reasons: firstly, because the history of relations between Labour and the Liberal Democrats is both fascinating and little understood, and secondly, because the arrival of a Labour government in July 2024 […]