Liberal Left is initiated by Liberal Democrats who oppose the party’s membership of the Coalition.  It is open to all who seek co-operation across the liberal left in order to provide an alternative to the current government.

Our founding position statement is available here.  Read Linda Jack’s Guardian and  Liberal Democrat Voice articles about our launch.
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Election results must be a wake up call for Lib Dems on the economy

Statement from the Liberal Left executive committee

Last week Nick Clegg said that people were beginning to listen to the Liberal Democrats. If he was right, clearly people don’t like what they hear. Why? [...]

The double-dip should be seen as more than a bump in the road for the Coalition

by Ed Randall In the Coalition Agreement Nick Clegg declared that even though he believed that ‘tackling the deficit was essential’ it wasn’t what he had come into politics to achieve. He explained that he’d stood for Parliament and for the leadership of the Liberal Democrats because he had a vision of how ‘Britain [could be made] better in every way’ [...]

Why are the Lib Dems silent on snooping?

Liberal Left Chair Linda Jack has submitted a piece to Liberal Conspiracy on the proposed new ‘snooping’ bill. This article is reproduced here.
As one of the “awkward squad” I am used to being in a minority challenging so much of what our Orangebook leadership are signing up to in the name of coalition politics. [...]

A Liberal Left response to the budget

The Chair of Liberal Left, Linda Jack has published a response to the budget at Shifting Grounds. The response is reproduced in this post.
For the last couple of days Lib Dems have been urged to go out and celebrate a clear Lib Dem win in the budget [...]

Liberal Left Launches in Gateshead

Liberal Left held a successful launch meeting at the Lib Dem Spring Conference at Gateshead with nearly 150 delegates in attendance. The speakers were: Linda Jack, Chair of Liberal Left, Professor Stephen Haseler, Professor Richard Grayson and Dr Jenny Tonge. [...]