‘Stop it now!’ Ashdown begs for end to Lib Dem plotting
Paddy Ashdown has implored Liberal Democrats to cease manoeuvres against Nick Clegg, as activists continue to undermine the party’s leadership.
Collateral damage: Cable hit as Oakeshott detonates resignation statement
Vince Cable knew about Matthew Oakeshott’s polling, the peer has revealed, as he quits Westminster with a defiant call for Nick Clegg to resign
Lord Oakeshott’s resignation statement in full
Lib Dem peer resigns after
Four terrible options for the Liberal Democrats
Here’s what happens when you wargame four different kinds of Lib Dem coups. None of them are very pretty.
Clegg’s liberalism ‘blurred’ by coalition
Sacked minister Jeremy Browne hits out at party leader’s blurred liberalism”
Wanted: Clegg seeks ‘coalition’ of liberals to keep him in power
Nick Clegg took the unexpected step of appealing for votes beyond his party in his closing speech at the Liberal Democrats’ spring conference in Brighton.
The importance of being idle: Why Ukip’s MEPs should trumpet their laziness
Nick Clegg’s attack on Nigel Farage and his Ukip party’s MEPs for laziness in the European parliament in Strasbourg risks backfiring
Analysis: Clegg is flirting with Labour – but he doesn’t really care who gets into No 10
It will prompt scorn from Conservative colleagues in government and contempt from the voters – but Nick Clegg’s flirtations with Labour are a necessary bit of politicking
Farron: We must damage ecosystems to save the planet
Opponents of fracking will not be credible unless they are prepared to build large-scale renewables projects and damage the environment, Tim Farron tells Politics.co.uk
‘Slashing for its own sake’: Cable slams Tory cuts
Vince Cable opens up a new gulf in the coalition government warning his party will not support George Osborne’s plans for £30 billion more cuts in the next parliament.
