We are the party of civil liberties - that is what, we would argue, should be an uncontested fact. From the Snoopers Charter to campaigning for equal rights for minority communities, it is the raison ...

So, God love our party but aaarrrggghhh sometimes it drives me crazy. So, before I rant (I know…not like me at all, right?; LDV Editor: “Er, if you say so Mathew”), let me say that I do indeed love ...

Lib Dems slam Govt for forcing through foreign state news ownership in face of “historic” cross-party resistance Cleverly on ECHR: Cracks in Badenoch’s reshuffle starting to show Lib Dems ...

The wild rollercoaster of the 1920s The 1920s are rather the forgotten decade of British politics. The ‘long 1920s’, from the general election of 1918 until that of 1931, was a wild ...

On Wednesday, 16 July, I attended my first Full Council meeting as a Deputy Mayor. I sat quietly next to the Mayor of Welwyn Hatfield. It did feel different. Did it feel strange? Yes, it did ...

Dick Newby has served us very well as Lib Dem Leader in the Lords since September 2016. He has now stood down and there was an election to replace him between Yorkshire’s Kath Pinnock and ...

The UK–US trade deal is being celebrated in Westminster as the first tangible post-Brexit win for a beleaguered trading nation. The UK–US trade deal explicitly includes agricultural and food ...

What is this Labour government playing at? Having steadfastly refused to abolish OFWAT until last week, they now blithely announce, as if it’s some great triumph, that sewerage dumping will ...

Ed Davey: Tougher sanctions needed on Israeli Government now to “stop the carnage” in Gaza Badenoch reshuffle: Titanic captain appoints iceberg apologist to key role Laura Anne Jones ...

Responding to Sir Jon Cunliffe’s report into the water industry including the call to scrap Ofwat, Liberal Democrat Environment Spokesperson Tim Farron said: This is a big win for the Liberal ...

When I was seven years old, I watched as India and Pakistan stood on the brink of war. Tanks were deployed. News anchors looked panicked. People stocked up on food, and entire communities braced ...

I woke up before the crack of dawn to go and deliver Good Morning leaflets for the Littleborough and Saddleworth by-election.  I spent the rest of the day knocking up  – and getting chased and shouted ...