liberal democrats

In light of recent events...:boxedin:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/education-11507537 This can't be anything other than a compromise too far for many Liberal Democrats, given that student fees were one of the defining issues of the party pre-Clegg.

David Laws falls on his sword: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/10191524.stm Rather a shock all this. Not that he is outed as a gay person, but I had thought he was a very wealthy man and didn't need to fiddle his expenses. (Which despite his protestations this is). Also he is by all accounts a...

The election thread seems to have run into the sand, and we have a new government this morning. Does anyone want to discuss the coalition deal and the prospects for government? Rolfe.

The Independent argues that http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/clegg-has-a-real-chance-to-change-the-system-he-must-not-blow-it-1968188.html that Labour will offer the LDs a real chance at electoral reform and therefore he should go with Brown. Of course possibly if he went with...

I know he's in favor of greater ties to Europe and de-nuking the UK, but if the Leberal Dems pull it off (still hard to see how but I gather the polls are swinging their way sufficiently that it is becoming possible), what will the relationship with the US look like? Special relationship lite...

Hi All, If you have an opinion on British politics, maybe you can tell me why the upcoming election is being represented, as always, as a race between only two parties, with the Lib Dems serving only as a confounding complication. It seems to me always to be the case that when the Labour party...

Liberal Democrat leader Charles Kennedy has <del>sacked</del> asked front bencher* Jenny Tonge to step down following her remarks about Palestinian suicide bombers. "Her recent remarks about suicide bombers are completely unacceptable," said Kennedy. "They are not compatible with Liberal...