Mike Smithson sees the Lib Dems playing power broker in a hung parliament. Smithson is a Lib Dem, if you didn't know, and his first rule of political polling is you always believe the poll that places the Lib Dems in the most favourable position. What you notice from this particular posting is the absolutely typical piece of Liberal Democrat opportunism. Smithson favours a deal not on policie...

So, another week, and more policies announced that are definitely not Liberal Democrat in origin. Particularly one close to my liberal heart on the issue of paying for University education. Now that debate will rumble on and on, but I want to look more closely at whether the Lib Dems did indeed “sell out” on

Only a month to Christmas, but before you dash out pressie-buying, take a few moments to look at these. 2 Must-Read Blog Posts What are other Liberal Democrat bloggers saying? Here’s are two posts that have caught the eye from the Liberal Democrat Blogs aggregator: Talk of a hung parliament is good for the Lib Dems, says Anders

Worth reading this fromTom Papworth, Director of Policy for Liberal Vision. He is a Liberal Democrat councillor for Crystal Palace in the London Borough of Bromley, and a fellow of the Adam Smith Institute. London Region Lib Dems have been obliged to postpone the London Region conference. Both the initial and the replacement venues asked the Lib Dems to cancel

Guido Fawkes regularly attacks Labour for its blog failures, but Labour bloggers are nowhere near as tedious as the Lib Dems. The Lib Dem blogosphere centres on an extremely dull site called Liberal Democrat Voice. The rival, Lib Dem Blogs, is even worse. Yet the blogosphere is made for small political forces like the Lib Dems. It gives activists and candidates the ability to punch above their wei...

Tim Farron uses party conference to attack Tory partners, saying the Government without the Lib Dems would be a "nightmare".

Whilst glancing at Liberal Democrat Voice I saw the post Welsh Lib Dems choose Alan Butt Philip as lead Euro candidate, leading to the announcement on their website "We can win" - says Welsh Lib Dem Euro candidate and the following caught my eye:Based on the 2007 Regional Assembly Election,(My emphasis)So according to the Liberal Democrats, the party full of more pedants than any other, Wales is a...

As readers of Liberal Democrat News — and the party’s website — will know the Lib Dem are searching for a new chief executive to succeed Chris Fox. Here’s the job ad: The Liberal Democrat Party is appointing a new Chief Executive. Liberal Democrat Headquarters, London, SW1 The Chief Executive leads the Party administration and

A room “full of weirdos” gets to decide Liberal Democrat policy. At least, that’s how a senior Liberal Democrat figure colourfully put it over dinner last night. Uniquely among the major parties, the Lib Dems let members decide policy – hamstringing the leadership. For example, the party leadership came out in favour of part-privatisation of the Royal Mail, but the prop...

Last week Lib Dem Voice reported on Shenanigans in Cumbria, and the likely break-up of the Tory/Lib Dem coalition which has run the County Council since 2001 following the dismissal by the Conservative council leader of his Liberal Democrat deputy, Joan Stocker. Well, now, the inevitable has come to pass, and the Lib Dems have