13 h. ago Four Reform councillors suspended in Farage's flagship Kent council after online meeting bust

‘Reform's meetings are starting to sound more like an episode of The Traitors than the running of a major council,’ said a Lib Dem spokesman

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54 h. ago Lib Dems' bold election strategy to copy Tories' and Greens' success with Holyrood list vote push

Alex Cole-Hamilton’s party has its sights set on a triumph in the Highlands at next May’s Holyrood election.

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54 h. ago Lib Dems' bold election strategy will copy Tories' and Greens' success with Holyrood list vote push

Alex Cole-Hamilton’s party has its sights set on a triumph in the Highlands at next May’s Holyrood election.

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5 d. ago Lib Dems call for national security services to ‘assess threat’ Elon Musk poses to British democracy

The Liberal Democrats have called for national security services to “assess the threat” that Elon Musk poses to British democracy, after Tommy Robinson claimed that the billionaire was paying his legal costs.

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8 d. ago Man charged with stalking after allegedly targeting Lib Dem leader Ed Davey

The Metropolitan Police said 58-year-old Inigo Rowland in Surbiton was arrested on Monday for the offences alleged to have taken place between June and October

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1 week ago I saw desperation at the Tory conference – but all traditional parties may be in this position soon | Andy Beckett

The feeling of crisis in Manchester also afflicts Labour and the Lib Dems. It leaves voters facing a dangerously unstable political orderMuch of democratic politics is about getting people’s attention. That’s a particular problem for struggling, less-than-compelling leaders. The further your party falls in the polls, the larger the temptation to launch dramatic, supposedly transformational policies. It’s like speaking more and more loudly to someone who has stopped listening.Thus this week’s Conservative conference in Manchester, with the party at historic lows in the polls, featured a frenzy of policy announcements, on once-successful Tory themes such as tax cuts, law and order, welfare and immigration, that were often made to half-empty rooms. Expanses of blue carpet had been installed in the huge, barn-like convention centre – as if to reassure delegates that the party still had an identity – yet much of the time they were eerily deserted. The Conservatives, famed and feared for ...

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2 w. ago Electoral system means Lib Dems will ‘undoubtedly’ win more seats than Tories

Polling expert Sir John Curtice said the coalition of voters Boris Johnson assembled in 2019 had all but broken up.

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2 w. ago Lib Dems will ‘almost undoubtedly’ win more votes than Tories, says top pollster John Curtice

Sir John Curtice made the stark warning at a fringe event at the Conservative party conference

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2 w. ago Lib Dems will ‘almost undoubtedly’ win more seats than Tories, says top pollster John Curtice

Sir John Curtice made the stark warning at a fringe event at the Conservative party conference

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2 w. ago How the Tories, Labour and Lib Dems have turned conference season into the Farage show

Britain’s established mainstream political parties have spent the entire conference season promoting the Reform UK leader with inevitable consequences, writes political editor David Maddox

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2 w. ago Palestine protests should be cancelled after Manchester synagogue attack, say Scots MPs

Labour’s Joani Reid and the Lib Dems’ Christine Jardine said the demonstrations should be cancelled as a mark of “respect” and “solidarity” with British Jews

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3 w. ago Menzies Campbell: the ‘Flying Scotsman’ who led the Liberal Democrats from the front

Olympic sprinter, barrister and long-serving MP, Campbell became a respected elder statesman of the Liberal Democrats, known for his principled stance on foreign affairs and quiet authority in Westminster

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3 w. ago Tributes pour in for 'guiding light' and former Lib Dem leader, Lord Menzies Campbell

The 84-year-old, known as Ming, had been an Olympic sprinter and a lawyer before entering politics and was hailed by Scottish Liberal Democrat leader Alex Cole-Hamilton

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3 w. ago Sir Menzies Campbell in his own words: Here are 11 memorable quotes from the former Lib Dem leader

The Scottish politician was never short of insighful comment.

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3 w. ago Menzies Campbell, former Liberal Democrat leader, dies at 84

Campbell was North East Fife MP for nearly three decades and was made a peer, and once held UK 100m recordMenzies Campbell, the long-serving Liberal Democrat MP who led the party for 18 months, has died aged 84, his family have said.Lord Campbell, usually known as Ming, died in London after a period of respite care, his grandson Gregor Grant-Suttie said in a statement. He had spent some of his final days watching last weekend’s Lib Dem conference. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Lord Menzies Campbell: Former Lib Dem leader and Olympic sprinter Ming Campbell dies aged 84

Tributes have been paid to the former leader of the Liberal Democrats.

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3 w. ago Former Lib Dem leader & Scottish MP Sir Menzies Campbell dies aged 84

FORMER Lib Dem leader Sir Menzies Campbell has died aged 84. The former Scots MP, who was also known as Ming, represented North East Fife from 1987 until 2015. He led the party from 2006 to 2007. The political heavyweight also had a stunning career in sport, representing Britain at the 1964 Tokyo Olympics. His...

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3 w. ago Nigel Farage on course to be PM as Labour faces worst drubbing since 1930s, poll finds

Polling by YouGov suggests Nigel Farage's Reform would win 311 seats in a general election, with Labour slumping to just 144 and the Tories slipping into fourth behind the Lib Dems

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3 w. ago Donald Trump moaned he'd 'had enough' of beautiful things on state visit

Lib Dem culture spokesperson Max Wilkinson said: "Well, that's gratitude for you! Perhaps next time we should offer him a tour of the local spray tan studio and a Happy Meal."

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3 w. ago Donald Trump moaned he'd 'had enough' of beautiful things on UK state visit

Lib Dem culture spokesperson Max Wilkinson said: "Well, that's gratitude for you! Perhaps next time we should offer him a tour of the local spray tan studio and a Happy Meal."

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