Articles tagged Liberal Democrats:
Top 50 Liberal Democrats 2009
- 18 Sep 2009
(+1) Vince Cable LibDem Treasury Spokesman There’s no doubt that Cable is the most respected LibDem politician in the country – not just in his own party, either. He bitterly regretted not standing for the leadership and if anything happened to Clegg, he would surel...
LibDems Look Into the Abyss Over £2.4 Million Donation
- 28 Nov 2008
Michael Brown, the man who gave the LibDems £2.4 million, has been convicted of fraud, following an early conviction of perjury. The Electoral Commission has said it will now reopen its investigation as to whether the donation was permissible in the first place. If it finds th...
Top 50 Liberal Democrats 2008
- 17 Sep 2008
The words ‘influence’ and ‘power’ don’t sit comfortably with the notion of the Liberal Democrats, yet from time to time, the party and its senior politicians make a real impact on the body politic. If I had compiled this list three years ago, Nick Clegg would not have been on ...
EXCLUSIVE: Tories Want Dyke to Fight as a Joint LibDem/Tory Candidate
- 18 Apr 2007
I've been doing some digging into the Greg Dyke Story. As I reported below, Andrew Neil said on his programme this lunchtime that the Conservatives want Greg Dyke to stand against Ken Livingstone. I've now had it confirmed that this is indeed the case, but it gets even more bi...
Responding to Frederick Forsyth
- 24 Feb 2007
I am honoured that Frederick Forsyth has written a letter to the Telegraph commenting on my article on Wednesday. Here it is... Sir - Iain Dale ("Tories' Champagne should stay on ice", Comment, February 21) tells us that David Cameron "wanted to make Lib Dem voters feel th...
Living in the Constituency
- 21 Oct 2006
Ellee Seymour has an interesting little titbit about York LibDems leafleting constituents alerting them that Conservative Parliamentary Candidate Julian Sturdy lives three miles outside the constituency and therefore cannot be considered to be a local candidate. Pathetic, but ...
EXCLUSIVE 2: LibDems Face Having to Pay Back £2.4 Million Donation
- 21 Apr 2006
The LibDems were faced tonight with the prospect of having to pay back the £2.4 donation received from Michael Brown (left), who was arrested in Spain today on 53 charges allege forgery, perjury, dishonesty, perverting the course of justice and obtaining a passport by deceptio...
EXCLUSIVE: LibDem Donor Faces Fraud Charges
- 21 Apr 2006
THIS BLOG WAS TWO HOURS AHEAD OF THE MAINSTREAM MEDIA ON THIS STORY! 1pm: I've just been told that later today we will hear that Michael Brown, the guy who donated £2 million to the Liberal Democrats, is facing fraud charges in the UK and an application has been made for hi...
EXCLUSIVE: Did His Credit Card Statement 'Do' for Simon Hughes?
- 27 Jan 2006
Something has been bugging me about the Simon Hughes issue. In a post below, I stated that The Sun had got hold of his phone records. However, I now understand that it may have actually been his credit card records which The Sun obtained. I think therefore that Simon Hughes mi...
Simon Hughes Deserves Both our Condemnation and Understanding
- 26 Jan 2006
And then there were two. Only Chris Huhne and Ming Campbell remain as serious contenders in the LibDem leadership race following Simon Hughes's outing in today's Sun. It's not the fact that he's gay that's the problem. It's the fact that like Mark Oaten and Charles Kennedy he ...