Next weekend’s Lib Dem Spring conference in Gateshead will see the official launch of a new group, Liberal Left, opposed to Lib Dem membership of the coalition, and, according to some commentators, “appeared avowedly pro-Labour“. But is it? Are all these people really friends of Labour? My eyes alighted on one name, Stephen Haseler, now Professor of Government at London Metropolitan University and Director of the Global Policy Institute, a member of Liberal Left’s Advisory Board who is due to speak at their launch meeting. A man with a pretty dodgy past in the Labour movement: Continue reading →