As members of the Liberal Democrats head to Brighton this weekend for their annual Autumn Conference, a question worth bearing in mind as they debate and decide upon party policy is this; “how does this differentiate ourselves from Labour?” Far from fighting back at the last general election, the Lib Dem share of the vote […]
Westminster by-elections are strange beasts. They attract a level of political and media interest that usually far outweighs the electoral significance of a single seat. Their impact is primarily on the wider narrative, and sometimes on internal party dynamics. Because of this, campaigning is often intense, as much of Westminster descends on a constituency, temporarily […]
All political lives end in pathos. Such, at any rate, is one conclusion to be drawn from Tim Farron’s demise. The Liberal Democrat leader has decided that his faith trumps his politics and retired, not without a certain plangent note of sadness, from front-line politics. As he put it in his valedictory statement, “I have […]
Cheltenham looks like it should be a safe Tory seat. But appearances can be deceptive. This Cotswolds constituency may be Tory now, but it was held by the Liberal Democrats between 1992 and 2015. And with a 56-per-cent Remain vote in the seat, Cheltenham is exactly the sort of seat the Liberal Democrats set their sights on […]
Last week, the former Lib Dem leader Lord Paddy Ashdown announced a new online political movement he was helping launch, called MoreUnited. Founded by a variety of former Lib Dem staffers and political celebs, MoreUnited wants to adopt the mentality of a tech startup, and is based around crowdfunding and online decision making. It aims […]
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