Commenting on the election of Tavish Scott as the new Leader of the Scottish Liberal Democrats, Liberal Democrat Leader, Nick Clegg said:"I am delighted that Tavish Scott has been chosen as the new Leader of the Scottish Liberal Democrats."He will bring energy and enthusiasm to the role, taking the fight to the SNP and Labour right across Scotland."The Liberal Democrats are the only party who repr...

Happy Monday morning, everyone. Let’s get straight down to business … 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: “Change”: deliberate, disingenuous, dangerous deception (Jock Coats) There can be no “change” whilst the wheels of State rumbl...

I want to be Leader of the Scottish Liberal Democrats because I believe I have the ability to drive the Party forward by making Liberal Democrat values and policies relevant to the people of Scotland. At present I believe our message has become blurred and lacks a distinctive Liberal Democrat edge. We lack a political narrative

Liberal Democrat councils in London and across the country have been working on ways to help their residents and local businesses through the recession. Vince Cable is leading the debate nationally, and Liberal Democrats in local government are supplying answers to the real problems on the ground. In Islington, the Liberal Democrats inherited

Sandals are being rattled in Birmingham this morning. The Liberal Democrat conference opens to a chorus celebrating the party’s achievements in government. Nick Clegg tells the Independent that “Liberal Democrat fingerprints” are all over flagship coalition policies on schools, welfare, pensions, banking reform and the NHS reforms. He says of the latter that the Liberal Democrats...

Much of the debate on the deal between the Conservatives and the Liberal Democrats to form a coalition government has focused on how "strange" it was for the two parties to enter a partnership. In The Liberal Democrat Journey, published by Compass, Dr Richard Grayson details the transformation of the Liberal Democrats over the past decade and shows why the coalition is not all that alien.

Some have suggested that the Liberal Democrats are not as liberal as their name suggests, supporting nanny state interfering policies, and that their love of the European Union, whatever form it might take, undermines their claims as democrats. However, Chris Huhne has today spoken out against the use of the European Arrest Warrant to deport an

Much delight was shared by local Liberal Democrat campaigners at Howard Keal’s performance at the delayed election in Thirsk and Malton constituency on Friday morning. This came after fighting a strong campaign without paid campaign staff and we enjoyed the success of a positive swing towards the Liberal Democrats from the Conservatives and an increase

Less than two thirds of the Liberal Democrat Group attended the Brent Council meeting today. By the end of the meeting only five Liberal Democrat councillors were still in attendance. Historically the Liberal Democrats have always had a liberal approach to attending meetings with the worst attendance of any of the three parties represented in the Council Chamber, especially when they are in opposi...

LDV has mentioned previously the tendency of Gordon Brown to attempt (rather pathetically) to rile Liberal Democrats by referring to ‘the Liberal party’ at Prime Minister’s Questions. Well, up in Liverpool, the Liberal party is taking considerable offence at being referred to as Liberal Democrats, as the Liverpool Echo reports: A CITY leader is at the