Yesterday LDV reported the Parliamentary speeches of Norman Baker and Susan Kramer opposing the Labour Government’s planned expansion of Heathrow airport. And today we can note that Richard Younger-Ross has become the 15th Lib Dem MP to become a ‘beneficial owner’ of a plot of land on the site of the proposed third runway at

Norman BakerLiberal Democrat MPs challenged the Government’s support for a third runway at Heathrow in a House of Commons debate yesterday. The party's Shadow Transport Secretary, Norman Baker MP, said that the Climate Change Bill currently passing through Parliament would be undermined by a decision to expand Heathrow. Thanks to pressure from the Liberal Democrats and other campai...

A detail from the Heathrow advert we put in the papers today Tonight the House of Commons plays host to the Heathrow face-off. At about 7pm this evening, MPs will vote on a motion brought by the Tories and Lib Dems against the government's plans for expanding the airport with a third runway and a sixth terminal. The stage is set for a bit of mud-slinging in the House. It'll probably be m...

Giving a new runway at the Heathrow the go-ahead is expected to provoke a political backlash not just among residents and green groups but from Labour MPs Gordon Brown will meet Labour MPs this afternoon (15 January) in a bid to head off a rebellion over government plans to back a third runway at Heathrow. With opponents promising to step up their campaign against the runway, resignations from gov...

Yesterday Labour’s transport secretary Geoff Hoon announced to the House of Commons that the Government was giving the go-ahead to the expansion of Heathrow airport. The Tories are officially opposing the new third runway, though there are many splits in their ranks, from shadow cabinet members and Tory MPs, to Tory bloggers, to Oliver Dowden,

Article by Stephen Tall from Lib Dem Voice: This is a slightly interesting article, because it confirms that the Lib Dem campaign in Oldham and Saddleworth has seen the sort of all out mobilisation for a by-election that the Lib Dems are famous for. There is clearly no reluctance from Lib Dem activists to defend the record

The Lib Dems are a poorly disciplined party. Well really they are two parties - the liberals and the SDP. The Liberals would deal with the Conservatives, the SDP with Labour ( their old home ). Its time to start asking if the Lib Dems could really deliver a deal even if they agreed to it. I think whatever they agree to it won't be long before self serving Lib Dem MPs start breaking ranks to s...

Is this a harmless poll or the grass roots being sounded out? Previous Lib/Lab coalitions are, in my opinion the main reason why the Lib Dems are still the third party in British politics, as when things get bad for Labour the Lib Dems jump in. By accepting coalitions in the past they have sewn themselves into the position of the Third Party. Should the possibility arise, I hope the Lib Dems take ...

Gordon Brown suffered a second resignation from his Government and an embarrassing rebellion among Labour MPs last night over his decision to approve a third runway and sixth terminal at Heathrow Airport. The Government narrowly won a vote on the third runway forced by the Conservative Party, although its majority was cut by two-thirds to just 19 after 28 Labour MPs rebelled.

Here are the headline figures currently: Conservative 36%, 302 MPs Labour 29%, 255 MPs Lib Dems 23%, 56 MPs As many have pointed out, how absurd is it that the Lib Dems can increase its share of the vote, but lose 10% of its MPs? As Ben Goldacre tweeted: lib dems get 6.6m votes and 53 seats, labour get 8.4m