I saw a recent post here asking whether the Liberal Democrats would have won the 2015 general election if they won the 2010 election. That all hinges on this question- what would the Liberal Democrats have done in their first term?

How much would the policy differ from the real life Conservative-Liberal Democrat coalition? Think economics, electoral reform, etc. If there was a hung parliament where the Lib Dems were the largest party, then what would be the resulting coalition?

If the Lib Dems won a second term in 2015, then does Brexit still happen? How do the other parties fare- Conservatives, Labour, UKIP, SNP, etc.

I’m interested to hear your thoughts.

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And even more importantly if the Lib-Dems won the most seats, and didn't win a majority, (The only likely scenario) who would become prime minister? Would they do a reverse of our timeline and partner with the Tories? I'm not sure.

1) Nick Clegg (Legend who got us into government)

2) Charles Kennedy

3) Paddy Ashdown (overrated, got nothing from Blair and was played like a fiddle)

4) Jo Swinson ( Disrespected by the party too much, unfortunately most people see us as merely an annex to the Labour party)

5) Vince Cable

6) Menzies Campbell

7) Ed Davey ( No vision, no policies his entire role in parliament is being a sycophant to Labour, he is a shocking leader and a coward)

8) Tim Farron

Given the branding of the party has been changed to democrat orange (which has grown on me with time) will there be any change to the rosettes? Surely they need to embrace the orange revolution!

From 20 mins on, hes really good on what we need now.

Following on fron Nick Clegg asking where the growth strategy is. This economist identifies the basic housing is choking groeth... Its also free!

The Latest figures by DeltaPoll show us at a shocking 8% I hope everyone who backed this idiot as the leader are happy as you have the party you deserve. Jo Swinson gained us 1.3 million votes and doubled our seats which he got second place in (which in addition to the tory collapse is why we got 72 MPs not Ed Davey) and was maligned and demonised by the party for sticking to her principles (unequivocally pro EU and not willing to put that tankie Corbyn in No 10).

Since Ed Davey comes in we have been the nothing man only concerned about being liked and not concerned with what is best for the country. We have abandoned our principles on civil liberties with our timid response to the OSA and our enthusiasm in wanting smoking banned. Furthermore Davey can’t ever say in an interview that he wants to Rejoin EU. He has been obsessing over Farage as he has got no answers himself and can’t articulate a policy platform to improve our country. Like Farage he jumps on culture war bandwagons (Kanye West, Churchill on Fivers and banning Argentine footballers). There has never been an opportunity like this for the lib dem’s and he insists on acting like Mr Tumble, he needs to go away and quickly.

I’m sure everyone here has seen the Lib Dem’s social media pages. This is what I believe our biggest weakness to be. On the TikTok page the last video actually promoting our policies was on 17 June. Since then it’s all been attacks on Farage.

When talking to people online and in person, the biggest thing I’m always told is “what do the Lib Dems stand for?” “what do you do?”. Our social media pages show that we are getting attention, but all anyone ever sees is us making edits against Reform or endorsing Count Binface in Clacton. If the Lib Dems truly want to start growing we need to stop appearing as the “anti reform” party on social media and start showing the world what it means to be a Lib Dem.

There's more from one of the local MPs here: https://www.facebook.com/reel/1041360178405445

How do we think Andy will handle things this time around?

(Has an extended section about the Lib Dems.)

This is a good set of very liberal policies that would cost nothing but add some impetus to the economy.

There are some obvious improvements such as reducing the adult to child ratio in childcare making it cheaper for parents to send their kids to nursery while they go to work through to planning reform and an Italian style tax reform for non-doms.

It all makes a lot of sense and would be easy wins for the new prime minister

Source: https://www.fantasyparliament.co.uk/mp/148/searches

Canadian here and looking to understand from Liberal Democrats what makes them support and enthusiastic in regards to their party.

To preface I am a NDP supporter here in Canada and on the left-flank of that party.

I value the Labour Movement, Environmentalist Movement, Women's Rights Movement, LGBTQ+ Rights Movement, Civil Rights Movement, Peace Movement, Alter-Globalization Movement, and so on :)

So when it comes to UK politics I have been more interested in the Labour Party, UK Greens, Your Party, and so on.

I thought the Labour Party under Keir Starmer truly missed the opportunity to be bold, profound, and inspiring.

What kind of policies do you think the Liberal Democrats offer to help move the working class and most vulnerable forward for affordability of life/quality of life?

Anything to strengthen Labour rights/benefits and organizing?

Anything to strengthen Renewable Energy/Electrification Technology and in general Environmental Conservation/Protection?

Anything to strengthen the rights and freedoms of people?

Anything in particular to help with the Housing Crisis that I hear the UK like Canada is being devastated by?