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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
Britain / 2 June 2015
Charles Kennedy: Ex-leader was at odds with his party’s lurch to the right
2 June 2015
Britain / 30 May 2015
Orkney 4 bid to oust leak MP
30 May 2015
Britain / 20 May 2015
Con-Dem era pushed 30% into poverty
20 May 2015
Britain / 11 May 2015
‘Blindsided’ Ashdown cries foul over pollsters
11 May 2015
Editorial / 10 May 2015
Murphy, it's time to fall on your sword
10 May 2015
Features / 9 May 2015
The worst is still to come
9 May 2015
The Paddy McGuffun column
Britain / 8 May 2015
Wales: Lib Dem Willott is biggest casualty as Greens halt Plaid
8 May 2015
Britain / 8 May 2015
Lib Dem humiliation compounded by £170k lost in deposits
8 May 2015
Britain / 23 April 2015
Lib Dem’s tribute to ‘a literary colossus’
23 April 2015
Features / 22 April 2015
Interview: ‘How arrogant they are to think we will forget’
22 April 2015
John Haylett talks to Labour stalwart, trade unionist and sport fanatic JO STEVENS as she fights to win Cardiff Central amid Lib Dem smears and dirty tactics
Britain / 19 April 2015
Clegg one of six Lib Dem MPs set to be toppled by students
19 April 2015
Britain / 16 April 2015
830,000 voters ‘missing’
16 April 2015
Sport / 16 April 2015
F.A.N. set to protest at lead political parties’ HQs
16 April 2015
Britain / 15 April 2015
NUS targets Lib Dem MPs with ‘payback’ campaign
15 April 2015
Editorial / 15 April 2015
Clegg a mere crony for hire
15 April 2015
Britain / 19 March 2015
Alexander delivers Lib Dems’ Budget
19 March 2015
No 2 keeps ‘better economy’ in his empty yellow suitcase
Britain / 5 March 2015
Students take over fees traitor Nick Clegg’s constituency office
5 March 2015
Deputy PM faces flash occupation reminder of tuition fees U-turn, by Joana Ramiro and Peter Lazenby
Editorial / 22 February 2015
The bigger picture of taX
22 February 2015
Britain / 22 February 2015
Alexander claims only Liberals have industrial strategy
22 February 2015
Britain / 13 February 2015
Labour joins Lib Dems and Tories in new green plan
13 February 2015
Britain / 14 January 2015
TV debates spark clash of ‘chickens’ in Commons coop
14 January 2015
Britain / 14 January 2015
Homeless election manifesto launched
14 January 2015
Charities to lobby parties on housing during election campaign
Britain / 7 January 2015
Clegg drops Cable as economy top dog
7 January 2015
Features / 2 January 2015
2015: The year we change things
2 January 2015
If the working class sticks together it can bring about the demise of the Con-Dem coalition that’s brought about such misery for ordinary people, writes BERNADETTE HORTON
Features / 2 January 2015
Challenging Lib Dem double standards
2 January 2015
Contradicting their own policy, Lib Dems have been dishing out peerages on the say-so of their leader. Donnachadh McCarthy decided to act
Britain / 12 December 2014
MP aide quits over road failure
12 December 2014
Britain / 10 December 2014
Nick Clegg exposed (yet again) as a hypocrite
10 December 2014
Deputy PM descends into union-bashing rant as Lib Dem donor proposes to axe 134 jobs at Nottingham factory
Editorial / 10 December 2014
A nefarious NHS agenda
10 December 2014
Britain / 8 December 2014
Coalition partners trade blows over future austerity
8 December 2014
Britain / 7 December 2014
Clegg spin ‘won’t wash’ with voters
7 December 2014
Labour candidate says Clegg will be judged on Con-Dem cuts
Editorial / 7 December 2014
Not a Clegg to stand on
7 December 2014
Sport / 28 November 2014
Liberal democrat MP angry over Sam Burgess SPOTY snub
28 November 2014
Britain / 4 November 2014
Norman Baker berates Tory 'obstacles' after resigning
4 November 2014
Lib Dem leaves Home Office angry at Tory ignorance on drug laws
Britain / 8 October 2014
Clegg uses speech to justify role in cuts
8 October 2014
Britain / 6 October 2014
Lib Dem conference: Tory Help to Buy ‘drives up prices’
6 October 2014
Britain / 6 October 2014
Lib Dem conference: ‘We’d walk from coalition’
6 October 2014
Britain / 8 September 2014
Lib Dem manifesto meets with scepticism
8 September 2014
Britain / 7 September 2014
Labour-Lib Dem coalition would loose Unite support
7 September 2014
Britain / 20 August 2014
Women 'to quit Lib Dems' over Rennard's return
20 August 2014
Britain / 14 August 2014
Danny Alexander: Lib Dems will slash taxes if elected
14 August 2014
Britain / 13 August 2014
Lib Dem MP David Ward to face no action over Gaza tweet
13 August 2014
Editorial / 29 July 2014
Star Comment: Andy Burnham's last stand
29 July 2014
Shadow health secretary's apologism over new Labour's record on health should not overshadow his positive steps on rampant Con-Dem privatisation
Britain / 23 July 2014
News in Brief: 24/7/2014
23 July 2014
Britain / 29 June 2014
'Cash for honours' probe reopened over Lib Dem peerages
29 June 2014
Britain / 19 June 2014
Mike Hancock 'should resign,' says Nick Clegg
19 June 2014
Britain / 16 June 2014
News in Brief: 17/06/2014
16 June 2014
Britain / 8 June 2014
Labour: Voters won't forget Lib Dem betrayal
8 June 2014
Britain / 3 June 2014
Clegg has drink with 'mate' Cable
3 June 2014
Features / 30 May 2014
Paddy McGuffin: Political prima donnas in denial
30 May 2014
Proof that the Lib Dems couldn't prove a booze-up in a brewery
Britain / 29 May 2014
Vince Cable forced to deny claims of leadership coup involvement
29 May 2014
Editorial / 28 May 2014
Star Comment: Clegg in the firing line
28 May 2014
Britain / 28 May 2014
Lord Oakshott quits Lib Dems amid leadership row
28 May 2014
Britain / 26 May 2014
Lib Dems lose only Scottish seat in European parliament as they finish fifth
26 May 2014
The Scottish Green Party beats the junior Westminster coalition partner with Ukip taking the Lib Dem European parliament seat
Britain / 26 May 2014
Lib Dem leader Nick Clegg faces resignation calls as party retains only one MEP in EU election catastrophe
26 May 2014
Party executive member Martin Tod says voters won't back Nick Clegg as Lib Dems suffer calamitous rout in European and local elections
Features / 16 May 2014
The Levellers’ unfinished fight for democracy
16 May 2014
TRISH LAVELLE asks what can we learn from a historic struggle remembered today in David Cameron’s Oxfordshire constituency
Britain / 16 May 2014
Austerity pay: Public-sector workers in big three trade unions move towards summer of confrontation with Con-Dem government
16 May 2014
Hundreds of thousands of public-sector workers step towards widespread confrontation with the government over pay
Britain / 7 May 2014
Shopworkers' union Usdaw declares: 'One year to save NHS from Tory privatisation'
7 May 2014
Shopworkers come out firmly against the government’s NHS privatisation agenda, declaring that the country only has a year to save it
Britain / 7 May 2014
Health and safety: Usdaw retail workers say HSE cuts show Con-Dems 'put profit before workers'
7 May 2014
Usdaw conference hears government more concerned by corporate profits than workplace health and safety
Britain / 13 April 2014
SNP First Minister Alex Salmond: Momentum is with 'positive, uplifting' Yes Scotland campaign
13 April 2014
Scottish nationalist leader tells SNP conference delegates the Yes Scotland independence campaign points the way to the country becoming a 'beacon of hope'
Editorial / 24 March 2014
Root out the rot of tuition fees
24 March 2014
At every stage of the destruction of our free education system we have been lied to