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Liberal Democrat Leader Sir Ed Davey speaking during the Liberal Democrats spring conference in York, March 15, 2026
Britain / 15 March 2026
‘Politicians are in a race to the bottom’
15 March 2026

Anti-war campaigners slam Lib Dem leader's calls for Britain to build its own nuclear deterrent

HMS Agamemnon nuclear submarine at the BAE system factory, Barrow-in-Furness, Cumbria, north west England, March 20 2025
Editorial / 15 March 2026
Liberal opportunism and the myth of Britain’s independent bomb
15 March 2026
Green Party leader Zack Polanski with the Green Party Gorton and Denton by-election candidate Hannah Spencer speaking to Green Party volunteers at Granada Park in Denton, February 7, 2026
Politics / 3 March 2026
Greens ‘coming for Reform’ after sweeping past Labour, poll finds
3 March 2026
A teenage girl showing signs of mental health issues (pictur
Britain / 26 August 2025
Young people in Scotland waiting years for mental health treatment
26 August 2025
A man carrying bags in the Broadmead shopping area of Bristo
Britain / 23 December 2024
Shop staff face ‘Christmas crime wave’
23 December 2024
Screen grab of Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer speaking duri
Britain / 4 December 2024
Sir Keir dismisses commons vote on proportional representation
4 December 2024
Labour leader Keir Starmer speaking during a BBC Question Ti
Editorial: / 22 June 2024
The austerity chickens come home to roost – in Britain and in Europe
22 June 2024
Then Prime Minister David Cameron (right) and then Deputy Pr
Features / 22 June 2024
Austerity was never anything more than a big lie
22 June 2024
The last 14 years have completely disproven the economic myths the Tories used to set us on the path of cuts and devastation – we need massive direct investment to rebuild the post-industrial communities, writes JON TRICKETT
Prime Minister Rishi Sunak during a visit to Cambridge Rugby
Britain / 20 June 2024
Tories rocked by sleaze as campaign director leaves over gambling scandal
20 June 2024
Former subpostmaster and lead campaigner Alan Bates, accompa
Britain / 9 April 2024
Post Office hero Alan Bates says government ‘responsible’ for bankrolling wrongful prosecutions
9 April 2024
Features / 17 December 2023
Seeds: what's new for next year
17 December 2023
MAT COWARD looks at some of the more interesting options for gardeners available for order now for planting in the new year
Liberal Democrat Leader Jo Swinson meets supports during a v
Britain / 8 December 2019
Swinson urged to apologise for tuition fee hike shame
8 December 2019
Liberal Democrat leader Jo Swinson speaks to Extinction Rebe
Britain / 4 December 2019
XR ‘bees’ glue themselves to Lib Dems' campaign bus
4 December 2019
Jo Swinson challenged over the party’s poor carbon commitments and environmental pledges
Leader of the Liberal Democrats Jo Swinson speaking to the m
Editorial / 31 October 2019
Feverish Lib Dems need to take a cold shower
31 October 2019
Liberal Democrat MPs (left to right) Sir Ed Davey, Jane Dodd
Features / 19 September 2019
Lib Dems: building themselves up for another fall?
19 September 2019
The original centrist party's rampant opportunism has seen it swell its parliamentary ranks - but letting ex-Tories in might be as bad for its health as the ill-judged Con-Dem alliance of 2010, warns SOLOMON HUGHES
Lib Dem party leader Jo Swinson (centre) with Lib Dem MPs on
Britain / 17 September 2019
Swinson and Lib Dems have ‘learned nothing’ from austerity backlash
17 September 2019
Former Labour/Independent/Change UK MP Angela Smith (right)
Britain / 8 September 2019
‘Funny tinge’ MP turns yellow, as John Mann quits Parliament for full-time Tory job
8 September 2019
Labour Leader Jeremy Corbyn during a visit to Rakefoot Farm,
Britain / 25 August 2019
The ‘natural constitutional process’ means Corbyn would be PM if Johnson's government fails, Gardiner says
25 August 2019
Editorial: / 17 March 2019
Vince Cable’s ‘realignment’ is not grounded in reality
17 March 2019
Liberal Democrats leader Sir Vince Cable arrives to deliver
Features / 10 January 2019
Poor Expectations: why the Liberal Democrats are doomed
10 January 2019
Vince Cable claims resisting Brexit could create a ‘Lib Dem moment.’ But in this Stats For Lefties column ELL SMITH assesses the possibility of a Lib Dem comeback — and the numbers are not kind
Britain / 18 September 2018
Police abandon inquiry into Lib Dem deputy leader Swinson's election expenses
18 September 2018
Britain / 30 May 2018
Caroline Lucas to step down from co-leading Greens
30 May 2018
Donations / 30 May 2018
Thatcherite plumbers gift £25k to Liberal Democrats
30 May 2018
Jeremy Corbyn poses for selfies after he delivered a Brexit
Editorial / 26 February 2018
A Brexit of workers’ rights or a Brexit of fear? There’s only one real choice
26 February 2018
Scotland / 19 February 2018
Investigation launched into Scottish Lib Dems' spending
19 February 2018
Editorial / 11 February 2018
Labour cannot let Brexit divide it
11 February 2018
Housing Crisis / 2 January 2018
60,000 homes ‘have stood empty for over two years’
2 January 2018
Britain / 15 September 2017
Norman Lamb: Brexit voters feel Lib Dems treat them like idiots
15 September 2017
Britain / 18 August 2017
1 in 6 Lib Dem MPs now accused of overspending
18 August 2017
Britain / 17 August 2017
Lib Dem embroiled in expenses row
17 August 2017
Britain / 25 June 2017
TSSA: The Lib Dems in a progressive alliance? You must be joking
25 June 2017
Britain / 14 June 2017
Tim Farron resigns as Liberal Democrat leader
14 June 2017
Leader says he must 'remain faithful to Christ'
Britain / 30 May 2017
Lib Dems resort to red scare tactics to win votes
30 May 2017
Editorial / 17 May 2017
Get over the EU, Lib Dems
17 May 2017
Editorial / 5 May 2017
Don't Abandon Hope Just Yet
5 May 2017
Britain / 4 May 2017
‘Monsieur Zen’ only peeved by Lib Dems
4 May 2017
Editorial / 24 January 2017
The Lib Dem EU zealots
24 January 2017
Britain / 20 January 2017
Farron rules out Lib-Lab pact – months after Corbyn does
20 January 2017
Britain / 8 December 2016
Lib Dems fined £20k for dodgy accounts
8 December 2016
Party referred to Met over missing £184,676
Editorial / 2 December 2016
Do not mourn – organise
2 December 2016
Features / 1 November 2016
The political centre ground does not exist
1 November 2016
The so-called ‘centre ground’ is a vapid term used to normalise austerity and neoliberalism, writes BEN GRANT-FOALE
Britain / 30 March 2016
Zadrozny to run for PCC despite child rape allegations
30 March 2016
Britain / 18 March 2016
Public sector cut in secret
18 March 2016
Editorial / 19 February 2016
Lib Dems’ lies ended them
19 February 2016
Britain / 19 February 2016
Lib Dem loss not just down to fees U-turn, argue union critics
19 February 2016
Britain / 17 February 2016
Cost of Tory minimum wage boasting probed by Lib Dems
17 February 2016
Britain / 9 December 2015
Election court scuppers bid to unseat Scots’ last Lib Dem over leak lie
9 December 2015
Britain / 8 December 2015
Lib Dem pleads for refugee kids law
8 December 2015
Britain / 23 September 2015
‘Pity we didn’t inspire him to be a real radical’
23 September 2015
Cathy Come Home director Ken Loach whisks away Tim Farron’s ‘caring’ mantle
Editorial / 22 September 2015
The deadliest vanity project
22 September 2015
Britain / 22 September 2015
Lib Dem defector: Farron has no vision
22 September 2015
Britain / 20 September 2015
Farron fails to woo MPs after Thatcher praise
20 September 2015
Lib Dem leader: ‘Some policies were necessary’
Editorial / 17 September 2015
Rarified world of second jobs
17 September 2015
Britain / 17 September 2015
Defections to Lib Dems ‘very unlikely’
17 September 2015
Britain / 12 August 2015
Activist ‘victimised for corruption fight’
12 August 2015
Former top Lib Dem faces assault trial after democracy demo
Britain / 17 July 2015
Farron: Lib Dems might not survive election decimation
17 July 2015
Britain / 26 June 2015
Electoral reformers slam idea of new Lib Dem lords
26 June 2015
Britain / 21 June 2015
Lib Dems probe Lamb campaign
21 June 2015
Britain / 12 June 2015
Hundreds pay tribute to ‘much-loved’ Kennedy
12 June 2015
Britain / 2 June 2015
Timewarp – Kennedy’s speech on Iraq
2 June 2015