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Tim Farron has resigned as leader of the Lib Dems suggesting that it’s not possible to be a committed Christian following the word of the Bible and be a successful political leader of a liberal party at the same time. Mr Farron was repeatedly asked at the beginning of the campaign if he thought gay sex…
The Lib Dem leader wants to be judged on his ‘track record’ of LGBT campaigning, not his religious beliefs. FactCheck took a look at his voting history.
In the last few minutes, the former Ukip leader Nigel Farage has been talking about the expenses scandal. With me now is the Liberal Democrat leader Tim Farron.
The new Liberal Democrat leader, who has come under pressure for abstaining on an earlier vote on gay marriage, is asked three times whether he believes homosexual sex is a sin.
The Liberal Democrats appoint Tim Farron as their new leader, replacing Nick Clegg who quit after the party’s electoral collapse in May.
The contest between the Lib Dem’s Tim Farron and the Conservative’s Rory Stewart in Cumbria was set to be the highlight of the next elections. But a cross-party proposal for alternative boundaries looks set to avert the battle.
What would Liberal Democrat president Tim Farron do if he became party leader? Would he move the Lib Dems towards Labour with a return to “tax and spend”? Join Gary Gibbon to find out.
The Lib Dem leader Tim Farron has been touring the country too, calling for people to vote tactically to send what he called a “powerful message” to Theresa May.
On the day the Lib Dems publish their election manifesto, Tim Farron is quizzed on his party’s plans, including its proposal to raise £1bn a year from taxing cannabis sales.
Gary Gibbon on Liberal Democrat leader Tim Farron.
The Liberal Democrat leader Tim Farron says he wants his party to seize on the same progressive agenda as Emmanuel Macron, insisting the “desperate lurch” to populism was not inevitable.
Liberal Democrat leader Tim Farron, who says his party will vote against the Brexit bill, and former government minister, Anna Soubry, who voted remain in the referendum, but will vote to trigger Article 50.
Asked if his party took the coward’s way out, Lib Dem President Tim Farron says: “We allowed it to fester and justice was not done,” but adds the party can do little more about Lord Rennard.
Gary Gibbon
Gary Gibbon takes the air at Nick Clegg’s opening speech at the Lib Dem conference in Brighton.
Gary Gibbon
Liberal Democrat President Tim Farron tells Channel 4 Political Editor Gary Gibbon he regrets saying his party was destined for a divorce from the Conservatives.