The joy of Glee Club at the Lib Dem conference
Also this week: Victoria Starmer’s dress code, and my lost Alpine summer.
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What do the Lib Dems want to be?
With almost as many MPs as the Conservatives, the Liberal Democrats have a chance to remake politics.
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Ed Davey: “The Conservatives are in our sights”
The Liberal Democrat leader on why the Tories, not Labour, remain his party’s main political target.
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People complain about first-past-the-post – but everyone knew the rules
The Liberal Democrats showed how the system should be played.
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Eight things I’ve learned about Ed Davey
The Liberal Democrat leader is a politician with great ambitions. He is also my brother-in-law…
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In the Lib Dem manifesto, Ed Davey has revealed a party remade
To capitalise on the Conservative collapse, Davey knows he must impose “iron discipline” on his ranks.
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The Liberal Democrats’ shallow soul
Only a party with no imagination would resort to such frivolous stunts.
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Ed Davey: “The Lib Dems and Labour aren’t fighting each other”
The Lib Dem leader on his affinity with Keir Starmer, the rise of Reform UK and what John Rawls knew.
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Inside the Lib Dems’ plan to “squeeze Labour”
The party has privately agreed it must persuade Labour voters in Tory-held seats to switch to the Lib Dems.
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The woman hunting Ed Davey
Angered by the Post Office scandal, Yvonne Tracey wants to bring down the Lib Dem leader.
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How much trouble is Ed Davey in?
With the Lib Dem leader entangled in the Post Office scandal, the party cannot escape its legacy in coalition.
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Ed Davey bets on the NHS to deliver a Lib Dem surge
The Liberal Democrat leader’s pledge on cancer treatment is designed to appeal to “Blue Wall” voters for whom the cost-of-living…
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Lib Dems split by housing targets
Disagreements speak to the heart of the party: is it for the young or the old?
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Ed Davey: “Voters are not blaming Brexit”
The Lib Dem leader on where his party now stands on Europe and whether he regrets backing austerity.
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Lib Dems are coming for the Blue Wall
The party is putting southern, affluent, Tory seats at the heart of its election strategy.
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Jacob Rees-Mogg shuns the barbarians at the gates
Your weekly dose of gossip from around Westminster.
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What is the Lib Dems’ general election strategy?
The party is targeting two key demographics: “lifelong Tories” and “Surrey shufflers”.
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Lib Dems target Labour over failure to promise electoral reform
In a speech today, Ed Davey will say that “Lords reform without Commons reform is like changing the tyres when…
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Do MPs simply not realise that renters exist?
The Lib Dems want to help people struggling to pay their mortgages. What about those who can’t pay their rents?
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Liz Truss’s aide provides some entry-level media training
Your weekly dose of gossip from around Westminster.
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