Earlier this month, Lib Dem Voice asked our readers – who, I cannot emphasise enough, may or may not be Lib Dem supporters – what you think the next general election holds in store for the Lib Dems? Here’s what you told us: 24% (116 votes): An increase in % vote and an increase in seats 22%

Iain Dale likes to repeat and recycle the stories concerning the conman Michael Brown, who made a substantial donation (with the approval of the Electoral Commission), to the lib Dems before the last General Election. Stories on Iain' blog centre around "Will the Lib Dems pay it back" to "Lib Dems to be bankrupted", depending on how anti Lib Dem Iain appear to be feeling in any given month. S...

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

I was amused to read a link to one of my postings yesterday from a Green Party activists entitled "Lib Dem Barcharts Always Lie". Interestingly he decided to take only one of my barcharts I produced as a bit of fun in order to justify that all Lib Dems are liars. Why did he take only one of those graphs if, as he claims, all Lib Dem bar charts lie ? Well it does not take a genius to work it out. I...

I blame the Tories. Ever since David Cameron became their leader, he’s been determined to ‘love-bomb’ the Lib Dems. Love-bombing is the ingenious tactic by which other parties claim to believe in enough Lib Dem policies without, y’know, actually being Lib Dems. Labour leadership hopeful Ed Miliband was at it last month. Then earlier this

It certainly does appear to be by-election season in British politics at the moment! And a very bad season indeed for Labour [and the Lib Dems]. Crewe and Nantwich - massive loss for Labour, and the Lib Dem machine stalls. Henley - humiliation for Labour, as they crash to fifth and even lose their deposit. Lib Dems

The Lib Dems are gathering in Bournemouth for their party conference. They will be in two minds as they find Labour leadership speculation dominating the headlines. In one way its good, it shows the party of Government in trouble, in other ways it relegates Lib Dem announcements further down the news pecking order. We are used to the Lib Dems being referred to as the third party, and in numbers

Half the members of Plymouth's Liberal Democrat Executive have defected to Labour only a few days before the General Election. Local Lib Dem members Jan Mortier, Tom Sale, Max Harding and Dominic House were all members of the Plymouth Lib Dem executive committee. They were the elected vice-chair, membership, data and youth officers. They are switching sides ahead of the General Election as th...

So what are we as Lib Dems going to say on the doorsteps to voters during the next General Election campaign to justify ourselves in reply to the ‘I voted Lib Dem to keep the Tories out’ challenge? I can imagine it will be a common enough question, especially in close Lib Dem/Conservative constituencies where

Although he denies it with weasel words, the conclusion of Stephen Tall from Lib Dem Voice is that the Lib Dems need to steer to the right to appeal more to Tory voters, as their credibility with centre-left voters is now ripped to shreds. The general intuitive assumption is this: many Lib Dem voters have switched their