Articles tagged Liberal Democrats:
Top 50 Liberal Democrats 2013
- 26 Sep 2013
Each year the Telegraph assembles a group of experts to compile a list of the top fifty ranked members of the Liberal Democrats. Meeting this year in the Westminster Intercontinental – the new hangout of choice for politicos – the panel judged the performance of Lib Dem politi...
Top 50 Liberal Democrats 2012
- 25 Sep 2012
Each year the Telegraph assemblies a group of experts to compile a list of the top fifty ranked members of the Liberal Democratic Party and it allies. The ranking is based on the panels judgement of the performance of the politicians over the past year. The great gamble of ...
The Top 50 Liberal Democrats 2011
- 18 Sep 2011
If the opinion polls prove accurate - the last three showed the Liberal Democrats on 10% - this might be the last time we can find enough elected Liberal Democrats to form a viable top 50. The stark reality they face, and the internal debate that is now raging, is reflected in...
Top Ten Things Overheard at the LibDem Conference
- 17 Sep 2011
Don’t you think Danny Alexander’s a bit of a Tory? Isn’t it terrible all this new security? I’d rather risk being bombed. Well I don’t care what anyone says, I’d happily take Chris Huhne’s speeding points. Don’t mention the AV referendum. ...
Liberal Democrat Conference Diary 2011
- 11 Sep 2011
Listening to many of the speeches both on the platform and on the fringe at this conference, you could be forgiven for forgetting that the LibDems are in government. Their whole attitude indicates an oppositionalist attitude which may make them feel better, but won’t g...
All I Am Saying, Is Give Clegg a Job!
- 8 May 2011
When LibDem MPs return to Westminster this week they could be forgiven for having a collective panic attack. In their 22 year history they have never had such an onslaught of the political heebie-jeebies as they experienced at the hands of 12 million grumpy voters this week. ...
Why are the LibDems So Miserable?
- 13 Feb 2011
FOR 88 YEARS THE LIBDEMS YEARNED FOR POWER. NOW THEY'VE GOT IT, WHY ARE THEY SO MISERABLE? Iain Dale investigates, for the Mail on Sunday... It’s been another difficult week for the Liberal Democrats. The acrimonious departure of the hyperactive Lord Oakeshott as LibDem the...
Top 50 Liberal Democrats 2010
- 16 Sep 2010
This year has forced a rethink of what it means to be a Liberal Democrat. As the anonymous panel met to compile the list there was a sense in which that crisis of identity was still being played out. Not since the party was welded together from what was left of David Owen’s eg...
More Thoughts on David Laws' Resignation
- 29 May 2010
LBC listeners were split this morning on the David Laws issue. Some phoned in with some very tough words for him but others were more sympathetic. There seems to be a font of goodwill towards the coalition. People wish it well. If David Laws survives, it will be because of tha...
I Hope David Laws Survives
- 28 May 2010
I'm about to hit the hay as I have to get up early in the morning to do my LBC show. Guess what the phone in is likely to be about. Yup, David Laws. The Telegraph has revealed tonight that he has claimed £40,000 in expenses over eight years to rent a room from someone who t...