Independent: “Liberal Democrats do have a more balanced, pragmatic approach...
View image | gettyimages.com This morning’s leader article in the Independent praises yesterday’s Liberal Democrat alternative budget and concludes that “five years in government have clearly matured...
View ArticleNick Clegg and a dancing troupe in Gravesend filming of promotional video
It appears that the Liberal Democrats have turned parts of the centre of Gravesend into a film set. The News Shopper has the details: The Lib Dems have been filming in Parrock Street car park for the...
View ArticlePaddy Ashdown carves out a new career as a literary reviewer
View image | gettyimages.com He’s been a marine. He’s been an MP and party leader. He’s an election campaign chief and a successful author. Paddy Ashdown has now shown that he can be an effective...
View Article“Charm machine” Paddy Ashdown in Bristol to mark million door landmark
By the end of this weekend, the Liberal Democrats will have knocked on one million doors this year. That’s pretty incredible. Paddy Ashdown has been in Bath today to campaign for Steve Bradley and mark...
View ArticleLDVideo: Naomi Long reads out and responds to mean tweets
Twitter abuse is an occupational hazard for anyone who has an opinion, especially if they happen to be female. If you are a woman, it’s not only what you say but how you look that is fair game for the...
View ArticleOne word to sum up the Liberal Democrats
The Telegraph asked members at our recent Liverpool conference to sum up the Liberal Democrats in one word. Here is the video they made which features, among others, Paddy Ashdown, the LDDA’s Gemma...
View ArticleWell that’s different! Boyband broadcasts and Nick Clegg going ape
So what do you make of the Greens boy-band broadcast? I love the idea. It’s something a bit different. However, it is not fair to put the Liberal Democrats in the same group as Nigel Farage and UKIP. I...
View ArticlePigeon killed by Lib Dem bus and the internet laughs
A story you might have missed from earlier this week from the BBC: The Liberal Democrat campaign bus arrived in Poole, Dorset, with a bang on Thursday. Unfortunately, it was the sound of the bus...
View ArticleIs this really news? The strange things that make the headlines during an...
It’s amazing what passes for news during an election campaign. Here are some of the best “non-stories” of the campaign: You know, buses break down sometimes. It happens and nobody goes and asks rival...
View ArticleTweets from the campaign trail – 18th April 2015
It’s been a gorgeous day – and Liberal Democrats have been out and about campaigning across the country. Here are some of their tweets: Support for @SimonHughes on Jamaica road! Keep Simon fighting for...
View ArticleThe glamour of life on the campaign trail
From the Sunday Times Shippers Forecast (£) The Forecast’s favourite ginger spin doctor, James McGrory of the Lib Dems, looked even more dishevelled than usual after a night bunked up at Nick Clegg’s...
View ArticleSal Brinton appeals for help for Nick Harvey in North Devon
Party President Sal Brinton appeals to supporters in and around Devon to go and help Nick Harvey’s campaign, It certainly looks lovely, warm and sunny there. Here are the ways you can help out or if...
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Lib Dems on 48% in poll… really!
The Liberal Democrats are on 48% in a poll with the closest rival, the Greens, trailing in our wake with just a third of that total. Unfortunately, this is unlikely to change anyone’s vote. It’s in...
View ArticleThe lighter side of the election
View image | gettyimages.com There is a bumper crop of funny election related things today. I hope that this cheers you up as you come in, tired, from the campaign trail. Bizarre headline of the day...
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Lib Dems react quickly to Cameron’s “brain fade” West Ham moment
David Cameron had one of those moments on the campaign trail this morning. This is what happens when you are too used to reading your speeches off an autocue, I guess. He was talking about how he...
View ArticleVideo: Obama’s hilarious White House Correspondents’ Dinner speech
Sad that there’s only one of these left now. He really is a class act and he knows how to laugh at himself. Enjoy. My favourite was the one about his friend who used to make millions of dollars and is...
View ArticleNick Clegg replies to Coalition for Marriage with pithy tweet
Don’t think I’ve actually forced anyone into a same-sex marriage but proud to have given people the choice though. pic.twitter.com/L5vIlZp0Mi — Nick Clegg (@nick_clegg) April 28, 2015 And here’s a...
View ArticleHugh Grant endorses Danny Alexander as Inverness’s MP
View image | gettyimages.com You know how families sit round the dinner table discussing the election and who they might vote for. Well, this is the 21st century equivalent. Today Hugh Grant sent this...
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The news story of the day
Prince William and Nick Clegg have chosen very similar attire today. Quite uncanny. How Prince William prepared for the birth of #RoyalBaby number two http://t.co/MYycmPXOET pic.twitter.com/t8abK6Z0MM...
View ArticleIt’s the knitwear election in Edinburgh West
People say that the election in Scotland is pretty hostile. They are right a lot of the time, but in Edinburgh West, where Mike Crockart’s campaign HQ is next door to the SNP base, things are much more...
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