Jo Swinson: “The last thing Scotland needs right now is indyref2”

The Lib Dems have decided they are not that bothered about a People’s Vote after all, now standing on a ‘Revoke and Remain’ ticket in the General Election. The implications for a future independence referendum if such a position ever comes to fruition would be stark, Ben Wray finds.

A GENERAL ELECTION has been stalled by the opposition until after 31 October. But in November, it’s on. With no majority in parliament, the Tories cannot continue to govern for long, however much the opposition (perversely) may want the agony to continue.

The new Lib Dem leader has said she would not work with a Corbyn-led government

The former coalition government minister wants a new politics where the “mob” are put back in their place and austerity policies are deemed natural

YOU’D think to listen to Jo Swinson’s victory speech as new leader of the Liberal Democrats, that everything was fair in the land until the uncouth multitude made its presence known.

Swinson: “Twitter trolls, fake news, demonising journalists - we saw it in Scotland first”

Recent comments by the Lib Dem leadership hopeful demonstrate that, while the political environment may have altered in their favour, the party remains the same

IT has been a tumultuous two decades for the Liberal Democrats.

Jo Swinson MP spoke to delegates at the start of the Scottish Liberal Democrat spring conference in Hamilton on Friday about the state of British politics  

CommonSpace reporter David Thomson reports from the last day of the Scottish Lib Dem conference in Aviemore where party activists heard from their UK leader, Vince Cable. 

THE SNP should get behind the call for a UK-wide vote on the Brexit deal, Lib Dem leader Vince Cable told the Scottish Lib Dems conference on Saturday [21 April].

Cable used his speech to urge the SNP to back them on getting a referendum on the Brexit deal once the negotiations are completed.

Liberal Democrat deputy leader Jo Swinson gave a keynote speech to the Scottish Liberal Democrats conference in Dunfermline 

THE LIBERAL DEMOCRATS' deputy leader has called for a 21st-century liberalism to deal with problems arising as a result of the EU referendum.

Jo Swinson told the Scottish Liberal Democrats conference in Dunfermline that her party should seek a more “positive, radical, 21st-century liberal solution” to deal with the resentment and anger growing in the UK after last year's referendum on membership of the European Union.

Police probe aims to discover if Jo Swinson exceeded Electoral Commission limits on campaign spending

JO SWINSON, deputy leader of the Liberal Democrats and MP for Dunbartonshire East, is currently being investigated by police regarding her electoral expenses during June’s snap General Election.

The Liberal Democrats have confirmed to press that Police Scotland received a complaint and begun an investigation. The BBC reported that the initial complaint is thought to have been reported by one of Swinson’s constituents last week.