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Archive: Liberal Democrats
Lib Dem diary: Tory traumas have been hilarious
Watching the Conservatives relive the trauma of the late 1990s over Europe all week has been a bizarre and, quite frankly, hilarious experience.
Barroso: Fiscal compact unanimity would have been preferred
Tory call to Lib Dem voters in full
Civil war in the Tory party
Nick Clegg local election speech in full
Liberal Democrat leader Nick Clegg kicked off his party's 2013 local elections campaign, which is mainly being fought against the Conservatives, this morning with a speech at the Eden Project in Cornwall. Here's the text in full.
Law change demanded after Lib Dem 'hid membership' from voters
Members of political parties should be forced to come clean if they are attempting to pose as an independent at elections, an MP is demanding.
The week in review: Politics seized by a giant hand
It is as if our politics has been seized by a Giant Hand. Parliament has been tilted on its side, sending all of its stories lurching towards the right.
Comment: The truth behind sex and the Liberal Democrats
Sexual permissiveness has long been a fixture of party politics in the Liberal Democrats, but darker secrets lurk in the shadows.
Eastleigh by-election: Clegg declares war on Conservative challengers
Nick Clegg mounted a strong attack on his coalition colleagues today, as the Eastleigh by-election campaign began in earnest.
Review: There's a method to Clegg's LBC madness
Nick Clegg is making history. This is nothing new: the coalition is a historic experiment, and it is all his fault. Which is why he's having to do this sort of show.
Lib Dem 'anchor' to weigh Tories down
Liberal Democrats will continue to defy Conservative right-wingers by keeping the coalition in the centre of British politics, Nick Clegg has pledged.
Clegg's big election pitch: We're keepin' it real
Nick Clegg will paint his party as pragmatic occupiers of the centre-ground in a major speech on Monday setting out the Liberal Democrats' platform for the 2015 general election.
Podcast: Lib Dems blinkered in Brighton
The Lib Dems, battered by Brighton's sea breeze and the even harsher buffets of British politics, are turning resilience into a fine art.
Stand by your plan: Treasury's Lib Dem backs Osborne
Danny Alexander demonstrated his complete commitment to George Osborne's 'plan A' in his speech to the Liberal Democrat conference in Brighton this lunchtime.
Pandering to Tories is 'electoral suicide', Oakeshott warns Lib Dems
Appealing to soft Conservative voters is "electoral suicide", Matthew Oakeshott has warned.
Ed Davey speech in full
Ed Davey, Liberal Democrat energy and climate change secretary's speech in full to autumn conference.
Comment: Bolder Lib Dems could still escape disaster
The more radical, the better – Nick Clegg's party needs to meet the scale of its predicament with a proportional response.
Comment: Lib Dems stuck in a trap of their own making
This year's autumn conference is all about the growing murmurs of discontent faced by Nick Clegg.
'No hidden agenda': Lib-Lab relationship blowing hot and cold
Labour and the Liberal Democrats' rocky relationship is becoming increasingly inconsistent, with conversations now revealed as having taken place at the highest level.
Embattled Lib Dems move against richest
Nick Clegg is pushing for more taxation targeting Britain's millionaires as he seeks to re-establish his authority over his bruised and battered Liberal Democrat party.
Cynicism or leadership? Clegg's 'sorry' gambit leaves Westminster bemused
The jury remains out on whether Nick Clegg's tuition fees apology has backfired or not, with bemusement and admiration balancing out mockery and anger online.
Double whammy: Lib Dem policy fails amid tuition fee row
The Liberal Democrats' flagship policy for disadvantaged children is failing, according to an official report.
Ming leads Lib Dem backlash against 'pick and mix' Cable
Vince Cable finds himself on the receiving end of vicious attacks from Nick Clegg loyalists led by Menzies Campbell.
Stick with Clegg, Ashdown urges Lib Dems
Paddy Ashdown has jumped to Nick Clegg's defence after a bruising week for the deputy prime minister.
Clegg's leadership questioned by Oakeshott
One of Vince Cable's closest allies has raised the prospect of a change of leadership for the Liberal Democrats.
Analysis: Why Lib Dems need results as well as headlines
If the Lib Dems' policy demands are simply ignored by the Tories, more voters will begin asking: what's the point of Nick Clegg?
Clegg 'precarious' against knives-out Lib Dems
Nick Clegg's position as Liberal Democrat leader is starting to look "precarious", David Cameron has admitted, after a poll found nearly half of his members want him out before the next general election.
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