Liberal Democrats

...with leading an anti-war party at the General Election. Afghanistan could do for him what Iraq did for Charles Kennedy in 2005 and win thousands of votes for the Liberal Democrats. Only retired Royal Marine Captain Paddy Ashdown is holding...

In this article: Gordon Brown, Afghanistan, Nick Clegg, Taliban, Kabul, Kim Howells, David Cameron, Paddy Ashdown, and Charles Kennedy

...release of secret documents about the war. Liberal Democrat leader Nick Clegg ambushed the Prime Minister in the Commons, angrily accusing him of trying to 'suffocate' the Chilcot Inquiry. Relatives of the 179 servicemen who died in...

In this article: Gordon Brown, Iraq, Tony Blair, British Army, Iraq War, Whitehall, and Saddam Hussein

...the chairman was happy with the way he's been asked to conduct the inquiry. 1217 Lib Dem leader Nick Clegg also echoes tributes to those killed this week. He asks about the Iraq inquiry and asks Mr Brown to confirm the full report and all...

In this article: David Cameron, Jacqui Smith, Ken Clarke, Hizb ut-Tahrir, Nick Robinson, Climate change, Tories, Nick Clegg, and Gordon Brown

...mobile Scud missile arsenal. Keetch, an usher at the wedding of former Lib Dem leader Charles Kennedy, met Irene at least twice last month in Gilbey's Bar after holding surgeries for constituents. He enjoyed a glass of his favourite...

In this article: Hereford, Lib Dem, Allegation, and Cider

...a boy of 16. The claims prompted an MoD inquiry and the former Liberal Democrat leader, Sir Menzies Campbell, a member of the Commons foreign affairs committee, said they were a reminder of the "long, toxic legacy" of Iraq. Few disagree...

In this article: Gordon Brown, Afghanistan, Wootton Bassett, UK, Corporal Donald Payne, Kevan Jones, Whitehall, and Downing Street

...proved wrong. Liberal Democrat foreign affairs spokesman Edward Davey said: "The threat that Saddam could deploy WMD within 45 minutes was fundamental to the government's argument that Iraq presented an imminent danger. "This evidence...

In this article: Iraq, Saddam Hussein, Liberal Democrat, Al Qaida, Tony Blair, and United Nations

The intention was to outflank the Tories on the right. But Charles Kennedy, the Lib Dem leader, claimed that controversies over Iraq meant Labour had lost the public's trust. "A lot of people instinctively when they hear the government...

In this article: Tony Blair, Labour, Simon Hoggart, Gordon Brown, The Guardian, Michael White, William Hague, and Iraq

...invasion of Iraq." The Liberal Democrat leader said the nine reasons why information could be suppressed "have nothing to do with national security and outrageously give Whitehall departments individual rights of veto". He asked the Prime...

In this article: Iraq, Whitehall, Gordon Brown, Iraq War, and Freedom of Information Act

...disarmament and nonproliferation. Members of the Top Level group include Lord Boyce, the chief of defence staff at the time of the Iraq invasion, Charles Clarke, a former home secretary and opponent of Trident, Shirley Williams, the...

In this article: Des Browne, Malcolm Rifkind, US, Climate change, Liberal Democrat, Charles Clarke, and Labour