Liberal Democrats (UK)

The Liberal Democrats, often shortened to Lib Dems, are a social liberal political party based in the United Kingdom. The party was formed in 1988 by the merger of the Liberal Party and the short lived Social Democratic Party (the two parties had already been in an alliance for some years).

External links

• Liberal Democrats

Party sub-organisations

• Scottish Liberal Democrats
• Welsh Liberal Democrats
• London Assembly Liberal Democrats
• Liberal Democrat Paliamentary Candidates Association
• Delga: Liberal Democrats for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Action
• Liberal Democrat Youth & Students
• Liberal International British Group
• Green Liberal Democrats
• Liberal Future
• The Beveridge Group
• Local Liberal Democrats websites directory

Historical information

• Liberal Democrat History Group
• An archive of Liberal/SDP/Liberal Democrat electoral manifestos from 1900-present

Category listings

• LookSmart Liberal Democrats
• Open Directory Project Liberal Democrats
• Yahoo! Liberal Democrat Party

Miscellaneous

• Guardian Unlimited Politics - Special Report: Liberal Democrats
• Liberal Democrats and Software patents
• Liberator - a British liberal publication
• Liberal Democrat Watch, a site highly critical of the party
• Lord Bonkers' Liberal Satire from Rutland