Lord Oakeshott

'Nick Has To Show A Bit Of Leg'

PA/The Huffington Post UK | Posted 12.05.2013 | UK Politics

A Cabinet Minister has claimed Nick Clegg is only opposing childcare reforms to head off a campaign to oust him as Liberal Democrat leader. In an e...

Lord Ashdown Backs Nick Clegg, Smacks Down 'Minor Dissident' Lord Oakeshott

The Huffington Post UK | Posted 31.08.2012 | UK Politics

Liberal Democrats should stop criticising Nick Clegg and back his leadership, former party leader Lord Ashdown has said. Writing in the Guardian on...

Are The Knives Out For Nick Clegg?

The Huffington Post UK | Posted 30.08.2012 | UK

A senior Liberal Democrat peer has said the party must consider getting rid of Nick Clegg in order to avoid an electoral wipe out at the next general ...

Knives Out For Nick Clegg?

The Huffington Post UK | Ned Simons | Posted 30.08.2012 | UK Politics

A senior Liberal Democrat peer has said the party must consider getting rid of Nick Clegg in order to avoid an electoral wipe out at the next general ...

Ned Simons

Osbone And Cameron 'Obsessed With 24-Hour News' Says Tory Peer

HuffingtonPost.com | Ned Simons | Posted 26.07.2012 | UK Politics

George Osborne is too obsessed with the 24-hour news cycle and should stop trying to master political tactics in order to concentrate on being chancel...

Lib Dem Peer Calls For Cable To Replace Osborne

PA/The Huffington Post UK | Posted 25.07.2012 | UK Politics

Lord Oakeshott has dismissed George Osborne as a "work experience" chancellor and insisted Vince Cable should be handed his job. A close ally of Bu...

VOTE: Should Bob Diamond Resign?

The Huffington Post UK | Dina Rickman | Posted 28.06.2012 | UK

Bob Diamond, the Barclays CEO once described as the unacceptable face of capitalism, is facing pressure to resign after a rate-fixing scandal hit his ...

Tory MPs Threaten Rebellion Over House Of Lords Reform

PA/The Huffington Post | Posted 20.04.2012 | UK Politics

A senior Liberal Democrat peer today warned Conservatives that they must back coalition plans to reform the House of Lords - despite a threatened revo...

'We Could Block Boundary Changes If You Block Lords Reform'

PA | Posted 26.02.2012 | UK Politics

Tensions in the coalition came to the fore today as a Lib Dem peer warned the party might block boundary change proposals unless the Tories supported ...

Lord Oakeshott: Chris Grayling Needs An Economics Lesson

blogs.news.sky.com | Posted 16.01.2012 | UK Politics

There's no question that today's unemployment figures make grim reading. ...

Coalition Tension Over Tax

Huffington Post UK | Dina Rickman | Posted 06.10.2011 | UK Politics

Liberal Democrats have once again dampened Conservative hopes to cut the 50p tax rate, in a fresh sign of tension in the coalition over economic polic...