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Jun 10, 2024 · The Liberal Democrats have launched their 2024 election manifesto, called For A Fair Deal. The document sets out the policies that the party plans to introduce should it win the election....
Jun 2, 2024 · This election—which for many voters is mainly about kicking the government—should see the Lib Dems benefit from tactical voting among Labour supporters in seats where they are the main...
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I teach my British history students that liberalism as a party platform dates from 1840sEngland, when a group of politicians proposed a set of ideas very different from their Tory and Whig colleagues. The Tories were the party of Crown and countryside, while the Whigs tended to favor merchant interests over aristocratic landowners. Neither party fi...
The trend of economic interventionism quickly caught on in the United States. In 1932, Democratic presidential candidate Franklin Roosevelt defeated the more liberal Republican Herbert Hoover by promising a massive government stimulus package that would address the Depression’s wreckage: The New Deal. Broadly speaking, this expansion of government-...
Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden is squarely liberal in the mode of the Clintons. He was a supporter of NAFTA and championed the market-based Affordable Care Act over universal health care. Other major contenders remain a bit of a mystery on where they stand on the liberal-left divide. Some observers thought Kamala Harris avoided tipping...
Jun 18, 2024 · Four by-election wins since the 2019 election have buoyed the Liberal Democrats after the devastating blows of the coalition years and the councillor and MP losses that followed.
The Liberal Democrats (colloquially known as the Lib Dems) are a liberal political party in the United Kingdom, founded in 1988. The current leader of the party is Ed Davey. They are the third-largest party in the United Kingdom, with 72 members of Parliament (MPs) in the House of Commons.
Sep 25, 2023 · Why am I at the Liberal Democrat conference? Well, because although the Labour party is miles ahead in the opinion polls, Keir Starmer does have to gain 123 seats to win a majority of one.
Vote Liberal Democrat for a fair deal. Every vote for the Liberal Democrats is a vote to elect a strong local champion who will fight for a fair deal for you and your community. This election is our chance to win the change our country desperately needs.
