Labour…the real nasty party! Famously, at the 2002 Conservative Party Conference, the then Tory Chairman and future Prime ...

Political parties are very nervous of innovation and getting anything on a platform at a conference is always likely to incur significant costs or bureaucratic resistance, but the European ...

Each year the Local Government Information Unit runs the Cllr Awards. This year three Lib Dems have been shortlisted for England and Wales, though none in Scotland. The LGIU doesn’t give any ...

Gregor Grant-Suttie today announces the sad passing of his grandfather, Menzies “Ming” Campbell, Lord Campbell of Pittenweem and former Leader of the Liberal Democrats. Ming grew up in Glasgow, was ...

Unlike many Lib Dems I came to politics relatively late in life, but opposition to ID cards, along with the Iraq war, were absolutely key to my “Tony Blair made me a Liberal Democrat” political origin ...

To ease the full on assault on my bank balance, I had a burger and chips at a fish and chip shop on the way back to my room. Straight out of the fryer, piping hot, the first few mouthfuls were the ...

In a joint letter to Health Secretary Wes Streeting under a title “Concerns regarding ME/CFS Strategy in the Final Delivery Plan”, John Milne MP has questioned “the absence of strategic approach to ...

A grave crime has been committed across Britain; an act of egregious theft. The culprits? Fascist thugs who intimidate those who don’t look or sound like them. The crime? Stealing the flag that unites ...

I expect many LDV readers will by now have seen the interview where Ed was asked the question “can women have penises?” 10 times. He dodges and dances around the point, trying to find the middle ...

Here is Alex Cole-Hamilton’s speech to Lib Dem Conference with subtitles: Enjoy. Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Click to share on Bluesky (Opens in new window) Bluesky Click ...

Watch our Science and Technology spokesperson Victoria Collins address conference with subtitles.

If I heard rightly there was a reference in a speech this morning to dealing with the unacceptable backlog of asylum decisions by having Nightingale Centres, just as there were special Nightingale ...