In his piece for the Telegraph today, Iain Dale applauds Nick Clegg for talking about tax cuts and laments the fact that it is a Liberal Democrat leader and not a Conservative one who is doing so.Will Nick Clegg attract Tory voters - Not all Conservatives are so impressed with Clegg's rhetoric, with ConsevativeHome arguing, for example, that the Lib Dem leader is lacking in wider credibility on t...

I usually agree with the stuff that Iain Dale writes in his regular column for the Telegraph, but I didn't today. Iain's lauds Nick Clegg for stating publicly that liberal Democrat policy is to reduce public spending, and consequently to reduce taxation. Iain's first wrong assumption is that many will find this statement at all credible. For as long as most voters can remember, the Liberal Democra...

Everyone’s favourite Tory blogger Iain Dale interviewed Lib Dem leader Nick Clegg on Friday morning about the party’s performance in the English local elections - you can listen to the 7-minute podcast version below: Powered by Podbean.com

Apparently Nick Clegg has been leader of the Liberal Democrats for exactly one year today. (Hattip to Iain Dale's Diary: Nick Clegg: A Year of Progress or A Year of Disappointment? as I wouldn't have noticed otherwise.) So what has happened in his year as leader? Well to be honest not much. The Liberal Democrats have stabilised, have managed to have a year without a leadership election (...

Having just listened to a very interesting IPPR podcast from their event last week featuring Liberal Democrat leader, Nick Clegg, it is clear that this thing called ‘liberalism’ matters enormously to him. He is, perhaps, the Liberal Democrat leader who has given most emphasis to the ‘liberal’ dimension of Liberal Democrat thought. It is

Over on Dale & Co Gareth Knight writes: Any Conservative, including Iain Dale who attends the Liberal Democrat conference, remarks how impressed they are with the mere fact the conference is where party members openly and robustly confer on policy. The exhibition stands at the Liberal Democrat conference include dozens of party groups as well

Great impossible ideals Iain Dale has got behind Lib-Dem Leader Nick Clegg and his quest to cut the overall tax burden, it's a great Conservative ideal and many people in South Shields would welcome some relief. However, it is so easy for Clegg to sound so macho about taxes, he's not likely to be the next

Speaking at Liberal Democrat Autumn Conference today [Monday], Liberal Democrat Leader and Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg will say: Two and a half years ago, I stood in this very hall to make my first speech as Leader of our party. I said that the chance for change was within our reach, and we had

Nick Clegg claimed to be the most honest of the party leaders as he arrived in Bournemouth for the Liberal Democrat conference insisting he was offering voters "change for real" at the next election.

I've been away for a couple of weeks and return as confused as ever about the strategy being pursued by Nick Clegg and the Liberal Democrats. Nick Clegg: first this way, then that way Back in mid-July, I highlighted how Clegg appeared to be "talking Tory" on tax, only for him to announce at the end of the month that the party was to concentrate its efforts on trying to win...