nick clegg was the first name of the leader of britains lib dems.
nick clegg was the first name of the leader of britains lib dems.
first name of the leader of britains lib dems?
nick clegg
miliband was also particularly critical of former liberal democrat leader and deputy prime minister nick clegg following the conservative–liberal democrat coalition agreement, accusing him of "betrayal" and of "selling-out" his party's voters. in 2010, he stated that he would demand clegg's resignation as a precursor to any future labour-liberal democrat coalition under his own leadership. in the 2011 alternative vote referendum campaign he refused to share a platform with clegg, stating that he had become "too toxic" a brand and that he would harm the "yes to av" campaign. he shared platforms during the campaign with former liberal democrat leaders lord ashdown and charles kennedy, liberal democrat deputy leader simon hughes, the green party leader caroline lucas and business secretary vince cable, among others. as labour leader, miliband made speeches aimed at winning over disaffected liberal democrats, identifying a difference between the "" lib dems, who were closer to the conservatives, and lib dems on the centre-left, offering the latter a role in helping labour's policy review at that time.
ed miliband
although blair's labour won a landslide victory in 1997 and did not require a coalition government, blair was interested in cooperation with the lib dems. in july 1997 he invited ashdown and other senior lib dems to join a cabinet committee on constitutional affairs. privately, blair offered the liberal democrats a coalition but later backed down amid fears that it would split his own cabinet. the joint committee launched the independent commission on the voting system in december; its report, published in october 1998, proposed the change from the first past the post electoral system to an alternative vote top-up system. this was not the lib dems preferred option—they wanted full proportional representation—although ashdown hailed it as "a historic step forward". many lib dems were concerned by ashdown's growing closeness with labour; aware of this, he stepped down as party leader in 1999. before he did so, the party took part in the 1999 elections for the scottish parliament and the welsh assembly. in both, the lib dems came fourth and became labour's junior coalition partners.
liberal democrats (uk)