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Door left open? Hancock quits whip ‘temporarily’ over sex pest allegations

Mike Hancock: One of parliament's more colourful characters

MP Mike Hancock has resigned the Liberal Democrat whip over sexual assault allegations “in the best interests of the party nationally”.

Lib Dems turn on MP over sexual misbehaviour claims

Mike Hancock could be about to be kicked out of the Liberal Democrat parliamentary party over allegations of sexual misbehaviour.

Lib Dem diary: Religion is always a sticky issue

Charlotte Henry: "For Liberal Democrats opposed to equal marriage the decision is a personal one."

Reading Sir Gerald Howarth’s “aggressive homosexuals’ comment, pointedly said in response to Margot James (one of only two lesbian MPs), it’s hard not to feel offended and angry.

Lib Dem diary: Tory traumas have been hilarious

Charlotte Henry: "Watching the Conservatives relive the trauma of the late 1990s all week has been a bizarre and, quite frankly, hilarious experience."

Watching the Conservatives relive the trauma of the late 1990s over Europe all week has been a bizarre and, quite frankly, hilarious experience.

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

This hand is actually normal sized. But you get the idea.

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

Jane Fae: 'The Liberals then possessed an aura of blithe sexuality not shared by other parties.'

Sexual permissiveness has long been a fixture of party politics in the Liberal Democrats, but darker secrets lurk in the shadows, as the Lord Rennard scandal has revealed.