Paul Linford

Back in the bad old days of two-party politics, the Liberal Democrat spring conference was one of those recurring events in the political ca...

Back in 1999, in his first keynote conference speech, Charles Kennedy insisted that the Liberal Democrats under his leadership would never b...

Nick Clegg scored 10 out of 10 for ambition in Bournemouth, and top marks for avoiding the trap set by David Cameron. But he needs to learn...

Charles Kennedy was famously caught smoking on a train after numerous unsuccessful attempts to give up, and now Kevin Maguire and Friends ...

Not sure if anyone else has spotted this yet.....but who was the last party leader to use the words "I won't let you down" du...

A work colleague draws my attention to an interesting snippet on the Derby County FC Rams Forum that former Lib Dem leader Charles Kennedy ...

I watched Charles Kennedy on Question Time last night, his first appearance on national television since his resignation. And he was brilli...

Readers of this blog will know I was not best impressed by the behaviour of ITN's Daisy McAndrew in revealing the drink problems of her ...

Regular readers of my column will know I am one of the few political journalists to have stuck up for poor old Charles Kennedy during his r...

The Guardian, that supposed bastion of liberal Britain, has become the latest press organ to plunge the knife into Charles Kennedy with this...