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Lib Dem conference sketch: Clegg on song in grey Glasgow

Clegg walked around the stage, tie-free, as if he should have a guitar strapped over his shoulder

The Lib Dems were ready to start putting some ink on the 2015 manifesto – and many on the left were gearing up for what they considered a fight for the party’s core.

In full: Vince Cable’s speech to conference

Vince Cable: Jeremiah was right, after all

Here’s the script of Vince Cable’s speech to the Liberal Democrat autumn conference in Glasgow – in which he addresses David Cameron’s dismissal of him as a “Jeremiah” and pours a whole lot of scorn on his Conservative coalition colleagues…

No thanks to Vince: Clegg wins Lib Dem backing for coalition’s austerity drive

Nick Clegg takes on Lib Dem party delegates in key conference debate

Nick Clegg has won his party’s renewed support for the coalition’s austerity drive, after rebels calling for a “rebalanced” economic policy were roundly defeated.

Clegg told to quit Lib Dem leadership

Nick Clegg: A drag on the Lib Dems in 2015?

Nick Clegg should step down as leader of the Liberal Democrats in order to maximise the party’s chances of saving seats at the next general election, Matthew Oakeshott has said.

Lib Dems lurch left just as conference looms

Lib Dems face growing disquiet from left-wingers

The Liberal Democrats today called on the government to scrap the Trident nuclear missile system, in the latest intervention designed to head-off growing dissent from the party’s disgruntled left-wingers.

Lib Dems yearn for Labour coalition

Lib Dem activists clearly prefer a Labour tie-up after the next general election

Most Liberal Democrat activists want the party to support Labour rather than the Conservatives in government after the next general election, a poll has found.