The Project: how the Conservatives were beaten last time

In the latest episode of Never Mind The Bar Charts, I talk with Duncan Brack, the closest thing the party has to an official historian, about the lessons for the Liberal Democrats from the last time that a Conservative government was defeated.

A key part of that was cross-party cooperation so we dive into what then party leader Paddy Ashdown's plans were, what worked, what didn't work and what lessons apply to this Parliament.

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Show notes

• Lessons from the Ashdown-Blair ‘Project’ - Duncan Brack's book chapter on the topic.
• The Cook-Maclennan talks.
• Ways for parties to cooperate without making seat deals.
• Never Mind The Bar Charts on Paddy Ashdown's legacy.
• Never Mind The Bar Charts on what it's like working with Dominic Cummings.
• Coalition Diaries by David Laws - Amazon / Waterstones
• Who Killed Kitchener? The Life and Death of Britain's most famous War Minister by David Laws - Amazon / Waterstones
• Duncan Brack on Twitter.
• The Liberal Democrat History Group.
• Photo credits.

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