Greens are not happy about the Lib Dems’ latest claim about a ‘People’s Vote’
Basically all left-wing parties except Labour explicitly back a ‘People’s Vote’, contrary to the Lib Dems’ latest messaging.
Liberal Democrats
Investigation into ex-Green Party spokesperson Aimee Challenor’s application to join Lib Dems
The former ‘rising star’ resigned from the Greens last month, citing transphobia, amid an investigation into her election agent father’s conviction for horrific sexual crimes.
Parental Leave: Major employers agree to publish policies in bid to tackle gender inequality
Lib Dem deputy leader Jo Swinson is pushing for all companies with more than 250 employees to make parental leave and pay details public.
From ‘Winning Here’ to the political wilderness: what happened to the Lib Dems?
A new book by the Lib Dems’ former election guru looks at the tricks that helped the party win in the past. But where now?
The Lib Dems have just pledged to scrap inheritance tax and introduce a lifelong gift-tax
The Lib Dems conference is not just about Brexit it seems – a motion on wealth inequality was passed in a bid to plump the Treasury with an extra £15 billion.
7 things we learnt from Vince Cable’s ‘Moderate Momentum’ speech on reforming the Lib Dems
The outgoing Lib Dem leader is pushing some bold – and risky – reforms of the party.
Vince Cable’s speech on creating ‘Moderate Momentum’ in full
“By opening up our party, I hope to convince those who agitate for a new force that there is already a strong movement for open, centrist, and internationalist politics: the Liberal Democrats.”
Why a new centrist party will fail
From hyper-inflated egos to inevitable splits, the factors that stopped the SDP Liberal Alliance in its tracks in the 1980s will eventually destroy any new centre party.
I love America, but Trump goes against the very core of everything I believe in
For Lib Dem MP Christine Jardine marching against a US president was anathema. Until Donald Trump.
Tom Brake: Why fishermen are getting worried about Brexit
“When even core groups of Brexit supporters start questioning their decision, it is time to reconsider whether it is still in our national interest to leave.”