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Clegg may have clung on to his seat, but things aren’t looking good. Nigel Roddis/EPA

May 8, 2015

Lib Dem wipeout prompts Clegg to hint he will step down

Katharine Dommett, University of Sheffield

We knew this would be a bad night for the Lib Dems but few predicted it’d be this bad. Vince Cable, Danny Alexander, Simon Hughes, Jo Swinson, Ed Davey, Lynne Featherstone and many others have lost their…

Nick Clegg has put the younger generation first in the Lib Dem manifesto. PA/ Dominic Lipinski

April 16, 2015

Manifesto Check: Lib Dems put education first as they seek to end schools cuts

Simon Burgess, University of Bristol

The Lib Dems have promised to invest heavily in the schools budget.

Extolling the virtues of the juicy middle. Danny Lawson/PA

April 1, 2015

Staking out the ‘radical centre’ won’t save the Lib Dems

Katharine Dommett, University of Sheffield

The Liberal Democrats’ appeal to the centre is mature and logical, but it’s hard to see whose votes it could possibly win.

‘You say potahto and I’ll say potayto …’ Jane Barlow/PA

March 4, 2015

A tale of two nations: how tuition fees in England and Scotland differ over debt and inequality

Paul Cairney, University of Stirling

No sooner had Ed unveiled his £6,000 tuition fees policy than Jim confirmed the Labour agenda was different in Scotland. It shows how entrenched the differences now are north and south of the border

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