Jo Christie-Smith is inviting entries for the new edition of Who's Who in the Liberal Democrats: Who’s Who in the Lib Dems is not just for Parliamentarians and the great and the good, they are already covered in the Lib Dems website (and even better on the new Lib Dem website that will be coming soon and I’ve had a sneak preview of). No, Who’s Who in the Lib Dems is also for...

Like all Liberal Democrats, I would never support a Tory government. Most of us have spent many years asking countless people to vote Lib Dem to “keep the Tories out”, but I actually think that’s exactly what we’ve done. Without the Liberal Democrats the Tories would have a majority now. So many Lib Dems seats are

The Lib Dem’s start their conference with one of their most interesting policy platforms of recent times; the prospect of the Liberal Democrats being the party of the small state, liberal in not only its social policy but in its economics too. But with a revived Tory party, is it all a bit too late? Are the Lib Dem’s on course for yet another missed opportunity? The Lib Dems appear to be going

The Grauniad, bastion of liberal values. But also a newspaper which today gives vent to a number of unsubstantiated smears against the Lib Dems in an article by Steven Morris – Liberal Democrats accused of dog whistle politics over Gypsy claims – which buys hook, line and sinker into the spin from Labor and Tory

As the BBC reports that David Cameron has arrived at the negotiations between the Tories and the Lib Dems it is worth taking a look at the Tory negotiating team. It has been put together to try and maximise the prospects of a deal. Ed Llewellyn, who worked for Paddy Ashdown in Bosnia and is close friends with many Liberal Democrats, and Oliver Letwin are there to make the Lib Dems think ...

The party has this morning issued the following briefing note on the achievements of the Lib Dems within the Coalition Government … In just 10 weeks since the start of the Coalition Government, the Liberal Democrats have exerted a huge influence over its agenda. Going into the election the Liberal Democrats made clear that they

Oh dear, the Lib Dems are talking about hung parliaments again. According to The Guardian, Clegg will select a ‘team of senior members to begin "game theory" sessions to decide which rival party to back.’ Why bother? Everytime the press speculate that the Lib Dems will prop up Labour, Tory/Liberal waver-ers flock straight back to the blue corner. Talk of a Tory/Liberal coalition sends ...

The Welsh Liberal Democrats have yet to hand in their account to the Electoral Commission and according to the Electoral Commission "the resulting fine will depend on how late they are".As members of the Lib Dems we are consistently asked for cash to keep the party campaigning, but it must be a real disincentive to Welsh Lib Dems to know the Welsh Lib Dems accounting unit are so profligate with fi...

More re the Budget. A deal is now imminent with the Liberal Democrats. Details this afternoon but herewith a bit of info. The Lib Dems will vote FOR the budget, switching from their opposition last Wednesday. Together with Tory support, that in itself will be enough to get the budget through tomorrow. The deal? Nothing on immediate spending plans. Lib Dems felt it would be inappropriate to produce...

There’s a great article in today’s Times [£] praising the Liberal Democrats and fancying the party’s prospects between now and 2015. Rachel Sylvester writes that although the received wisdom says coalition government has ruined the Lib Dems’ chances, it’s too early to write them off: The Liberal Democrats could end up doing a lot better