Vince Cable: Toast of Liverpool | Editorial
This was a speech delivered in the authentic voice of the independent partyBetween 2005 and 2010 the Liberal Democrats sometimes seemed to flirt with self-destruction, ousting two weighty and popular...
View ArticleTrident decision expected to be delayed until after election
Nick Harvey told Lib Dem conference that holding off until 2015 would be of 'profound political significance'A final decision on a replacement for Britain's Trident nuclear deterrent is expected to be...
View ArticleVince Cable: Royal Mail is for sale with 10% of shares for staff
Business secretary proposes a John Lewis model for postal service with a workers' partnership but unions remain scepticalVince Cable sought to reassure the Liberal Democrats today that the party had...
View ArticleClegg has pushed his party closer to political slaughter | Seumas Milne
Cable has been licensed to soothe the Lib Dems with home truths about capitalism, but they have good reason to be fearfulYou'd think from the horrified response to Vince Cable's comments about...
View ArticleCity lashes out at 'rabble-rouser' Cable
Attack on 'spivs and gamblers' draws stinging response from the Square Mile, while commentators deride lack of policy detail in speech to Lib Dem conferenceThe City, business leaders and economists...
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Vince Cable rules out 'coalition divorce'
Cable says he is 'positively committed' to the coalition ahead of keynote conference speech in which he will unveil plans to call time on spiralling boardroom payFollow the latest developments on our...
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Pupil premium pledge lifts Lib Dems
Lib Dems' desire to savour some good news is understandable, but announcement is not positive for every schoolA pupil premium for the poorest children was in both coalition partners' manifestos, but it...
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Lib Dem activists complain of 'authoritarian' vetting procedures
Members' motion condemns system of police accreditation to attend conference as an infringement on human rightsLiberal Democrat activists have clashed with the party authorities over "authoritarian"...
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Nick Clegg: Lib Dems will be 'awkward' to achieve goals in coalition
Deputy PM emphasises party's 'distinct voice' and describes Tories as 'our political enemies' in speech at party conferenceNick Clegg, the Liberal Democrat party leader and deputy prime minister, has...
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The Liberal Democrats are shaken, but not surprised | Chris Rennard
The party has been in a poor poll position before – but if Nick Clegg drives home the Lib Dems' strengths, it can bounce backSenior Liberal Democrats had been secretly preparing for a possible...
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Health reforms face new challenge from Lib Dem rebels
Evan Harris and Shirley Williams plan to table a motion at the party conference demanding further changes to coalition billLiberal Democrat rebels are planning a fresh move against the government's...
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What conference film-making taught me about the new political landscape |...
John Harris looks back on his tour of the three conferencesThis year's political party conference season was hyped up as one of the most interesting in years – and it really was. The Tories were...
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Cautious party conferences for uncertain times
The coalition has unsettled tribal divisions and made it more difficult for party leaders to verbally abuse their peersTory conference activists finally allowed themselves to get a teeny bit excited...
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Anxious Liberal Democrats swap purism for power
Liberal Democrat members put their faith in Nick Clegg as they eye up the long-term prizeNick Clegg and his party can be accused of many things – and they often are – but the Liberal Democrat...
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Lib Dem tough talk and weak action
Vince Cable may have used tough language in comparing some of the practices in the City with those of "spivs and gamblers", but worse language has been used by City insiders (City lashes out at...
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Letters: Trident decision delay – a breathtaking betrayal or welcome news?
The Liberal Democrats have a long history of barely concealed hostility to nuclear deterrence. Successive Labour and Conservative governments, by contrast, have rightly regarded our strategic deterrent...
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Lib Dem conference: 10 things I've learned
After five days in Liverpool, what have we found out?1The Lib Dems have made up their minds about the coalition – and they like it. Journalists came to Liverpool expecting to find evidence of a...
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Vince Cable is right: capitalism is neither good nor evil – just useful |...
At the Liberal Democrat conference, Cable blasted the City in a way that no neoliberal couldNow that the pope is safely off the premises – not to mention Nick Clegg – it might be worth having a little...
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Liberal Democrat conference: welcome to the party
Everyone said the first Lib Dem conference since they gained power was going to be a mutinous affair. Instead, delegates seemed bemused by the fact anyone was even taking them seriouslyIf all the Lib...
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Vince Cable's wake-up call for sleeping partners
The Lem Dem conference laughed, cheered and stamped. But that mood ebbed awayNow and again fate tosses you a fine metaphor. Yesterday we learned that the Titanic sank because of a misunderstanding. In...
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