Prince of Wales hires ex-diplomat to top team after king’s cancer diagnosis
Ian Patrick, who has also worked for Lib Dems’ Paddy Ashdown, takes private secretary role as prince returns to duties
December 2021
‘I couldn’t vote Conservative again’: sleaze and parties turn Tory voters off
A failure of leadership has cut deep with people in Paddy Ashdown’s old Lib Dem stronghold of Yeovil, for whom Covid has meant sacrifice
December 2019
The Liberal Democrats’ place in progressive politics
Letters: Readers respond to opinion articles by Vince Cable and Simon Jenkins
November 2019
The Lib Dems are still the party of centrist ‘common sense’ – but are there any takers?
Andy Beckett
The party may find its self-consciously moderate worldview has little traction in a polarising election, says the Guardian columnist Andy Beckett
September 2019
'A man for ideals': former PMs pay tribute to Paddy Ashdown
Tony Blair, David Cameron and Sir John Major attend service for former Lib Dem leader
January 2019
Tributes paid to former Lib Dem leader Paddy Ashdown at funeral
Ashdown, who died aged 77 last month, remembered for his ‘openness and tolerance’
December 2018
Brief letters
House of Commons pantomime? Oh no it isn’t!
Tuition fees undid Paddy Ashdown’s achievements
Political figures celebrate Paddy Ashdown's energy, bravery and humour
Paddy Ashdown showed that the centre can hold
Matthew d'Ancona
Paddy Ashdown: a political life in pictures
Former Liberal Democrat leader Paddy Ashdown dies aged 77
Paddy Ashdown obituary
November 2018
Paddy Ashdown reveals he has bladder cancer
Former leader of Liberal Democrats, 77, says he is being ‘wonderfully looked after’
February 2018
Hong Kong democracy activists urge UK to release unseen files
Foreign Office still holding back tens of thousands of files now eligible for release after 20 years
January 2018
Chris Patten urges PM to raise Hong Kong plight on China visit
Human rights undermined in Hong Kong, says Ashdown
May 2017
Paddy Ashdown 'horrified' by parallels between UK and 1930s Germany
Former Lib Dem leader tells Hay festival he fears for his country and criticises Theresa May for refusing to take part in live debate
November 2016
Paddy Ashdown urges British ‘progressive centre’ to unite
Lib Dem says ‘lost tribes’ of Labour voters and Conservatives horrified by May’s hard Brexit mean centrists must get together
October 2016
Thatcher snatches win from Cameron in vote on century's worst PM
Historical writers deliver poll verdict that the notorious scourge of ‘society’ did more damage to Britain than the recently departed bringer of Brexit
