Lib Dem MP Stephen Lloyd to be sued by defeated Tory rival
The BBC reports: Lawyers for Nigel Waterson, who was Eastbourne MP until 2010, confirmed he was to sue Stephen Lloyd for libel. The action is to centre on a leaflet produced by his Liberal Democrat...
View ArticleLDV survey: The new Lib Dem MPs who’ve impressed party members the most
Lib Dem Voice has polled our members-only forum to discover what Lib Dem members think of various political issues, the Coalition, and the performance of key party figures. Over 660 party members have...
View ArticleThe 7 Lib Dem MPs unaffected by the Boundary Commission proposals
The last 24 hours’ political news has been dominated by the Boundary Commission for England’s proposals for new parliamentary constituencies — and in particular the reduction from 533 to 502 in...
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The Lib Dem retreat to seat-by-seat campaigns. The right tactic, but not a...
The Guardian’s Rafael Behr has written of his experiences in Eastbourne, a seat won from the Tories by the Lib Dems’ Stephen Lloyd in 2010. His majority, 3,435, would need a swing of just 3.9% to be...
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Ashcroft’s poll of Lib Dem battleground seats: incumbency is alive and well...
Tory peer and pollster Lord Ashcroft has published his latest set of constituency findings. He polled some of the key Lib Dem / Tory and Lib Dem / Labour battlegrounds in the summer – he’s now followed...
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