Sentences with phrase «of liberal democrats»

A former senior aide to Nick Clegg has backed Norman Lamb for the leadership of the Liberal Democrats, with other members of Clegg's team expected to follow suit.

Vince Cable has announced that he is running for leader of the Liberal Democrats in a move that may...

There are inevitable consequences to ignoring the successes of the Liberal Democrats, giving credit to other parties for their work and mocking them if they dare to complain.

As a member of the Liberal Democrats I would be ashamed to see my party's parliamentarians support it.

Ultimately, the political priorities of the Liberal Democrats are not the political priorities of any other party.

Tim Farron would likely take over as the next leader of the Liberal Democrats as the party sets - about rebuilding their voter base.

Published and promoted by Nick Harvey on behalf of the Liberal Democrats, 8 - 10 Great George Street, London, SW1P 3AE.

Full membership of the Social Liberal Forum is only open to members of the Liberal Democrats (or one of our sister parties).

Thankfully, the democratic nature of the Liberal Democrats means that our elected Federal Policy Committee has the final say over what goes in the manifesto.

The big story since the election has been the holding up of the Conservative vote, while Labour has benefited at the expense of the Liberal Democrats.

Ex-Royal Marine and former leader of the Liberal Democrats Paddy Ashdown will be holding a talk on...

Nearly two thirds of 2015 Greens went to Labour as well as around of a quarter of Liberal Democrats.

Vince Cable, acting leader of the Liberal Democrats, told Channel 4 News the appointment «makes the whole resignation look absolutely cynical».

Deputy Leader of the Liberal Democrats Simon Hughes has announced an intention to amend the budget to promote fairness.

11 % of Liberal Democrats were «actively depressed» about voting for their preferred party - and who can blame them?

47 % of prospective Conservative voters said they were «very enthusiastic» about their choice, but only 34 % of Labour supporters said the same and just 24 % of Liberal Democrats.

It may be Paddy's greatest achievement as leader of the Liberal Democrats.

Elizabeth Warren... is a favorite of liberal Democrats, though an all - female ticket is unlikely.»

The deputy prime minister on harassment allegations concerning the former chief executive of the Liberal Democrats

However, a committee of Liberal Democrats suspended him pending an investigation into whether his lack of contrition had brought the party into disrepute.

Paddy Ashdown, the former leader of the Liberal Democrats, wrote an article in The Times accusing both parties of failing to provide reasonable solutions to the issues afflicting communities across Britain.

Nick Clegg has resigned as leadrer of the Liberal Democrats after the party suffered their worst General Election collapse in years.

Bringing power closer to the people of Wales has been one of the key success points of Liberal Democrats in Government, Welsh Liberal Democrat MP Mark Williams has said tonight.

He was the leader of the Liberal Democrats from 2007 to 2015, and served as deputy prime minister from 2010 to 2015.

Unsurprisingly over half of Liberal Democrats think they do not have enough influence compared to just 3 % that say they have too much.

Aged 47, very much the leftwing conscience of the Liberal Democrats and a strong supporter of animal rights and environmental issues.

The influence of Liberal Democrats in Government is clear following today's UK Government Budget, with numerous measures to help people in Wales get on in life.

Unlike David Cameron and Gordon Brown, with whom it's possible to refer, en passant, to Bullingdon Club shenanigans, or a rugby injury, or a manse, and for nearly everyone to know what that might mean, all most people knew about Clegg (if they could name the leader of the Liberal Democrats at all) was perhaps that he had some European connections, though they weren't sure what, and maybe that he once told Piers Morgan he'd had 30 lovers (in fact, asked by Morgan whether he had slept with 30 women, Clegg replied: «It's a lot less than that» — not that that got in the way of a good story.)

On the eve of the Liberal Democrats» most keenly anticipated conference since they were founded in

The «debacle» of the Liberal Democrats» U-turn on university tuition fees «massively undermined» voters» trust in the party, one of its leadership candidates has said.

That Nick is going to be a great leader of the Liberal Democrats, that he has an enormous amount of warmth, or energy and intelligence to bring to this job.

Paddy Ashdown is to stand down as leader of the Liberal Democrats after the European elections in June and as MP for Yeovil at the next general election, the party announced today.

«Devolution is in the DNA of Liberal Democrats.

That is a team which I think will really take my messages, my priorities and that of the Liberal Democrats out to the British people.»

He went on: «I have been leader of the Liberal Democrats for eight years and in that time I have genuinely lost count of the number of breathless predictions that the end is nigh, that the Liberal Democrats are going to be wiped out.

The culmination of Paddy Ashdown's leadership of the Liberal Democrats over the past 11 years will be the quintupling of the number of Liberal Democrat MEPs.

«He stands ready to continue that co-operation if that is what the new leader of the Liberal Democrats and the party wishes.»

If you would like an Easy Read version, please click here for a summary of the Welsh Liberal Democrats» manifesto or here to find a copy of the Liberal Democrats» manifesto in a range of accessible formats.

[281] Nick Clegg, the Deputy Prime Minister and leader of the Liberal Democrats political party, made it clear that the government's planned cuts to police budgets will go ahead.

She was leader of the Liberal Party in the House of Lords from 1984 to 1988, and Deputy Leader of the Liberal Democrats in the House of Lords from 1988 to 1997.

But the stand - out winner was Nick Clegg of the Liberal Democrats, rated the winner by 52 % of those BES respondents who watched a debate (only 4 % rated him the overall loser).

Between the Moreland Commission, his unwillingness to debate in the primary, his refusal to outlaw fracking, and that he is the first Governor in decades not to utilize his powers of clemency, which we find cold - hearted and unjust, we simply do not believe Cuomo deserves the votes of liberal Democrats.

Lord Rennard's membership of the Liberal Democrats has been suspended pending a disciplinary investigation over bringing the party into disrepute by failing to apologise over harassment allegations, the party has said.

A block of liberal Democrats — some of them 2020 presidential hopefuls — stuck to their opposition.

Simon Hughes, the Deputy Leader of the Liberal Democrats, and a distinguished fellow of the Yellow B ** tards League, made an interesting appearance on Sky News this morning - interesting because Hughes refused to blame Cameron for meeting Andy Coulson at Chequers:

Social Liberalism is the mainstream philosophy of the Liberal Democrats and has been so since the Grimond era.

To no one's surprise the Blair - led Tories defeat Labour in 2010 but, without an absolute majority are forced to form a coalition government with the support of the Liberal Democrats.

That might evolve into a firmer endorsement of the Liberal Democrats this time or of a hung parliament with Nick Clegg ensuring the Conservatives remain «Cameroonian».

Charles Kennedy, who had been elected as a Social Democrat, eventually became leader of the Liberal Democrats.

Whilst it is true that the Labour revival has mostly been at the cost of the Liberal Democrats, with Conservative support remaining fairly steady on 36/37 points, it is likely that some softer Conservative support will also switch to Labour over the coming weeks.