The Liberal Democrats

What are the modern progressive social liberals

social conception of individual freedom: individuals cannot be free if there are artificial barriers that stop them from fulfilling their potentiality and maximising their freedom such as poverty and poor education

Views of orange book liberals

Small state, low taxes, de - regulation, privatisation

What do social liberals and Orange Book liberals have in common

They both want further constitutional reform such as wanting an elected senate in the HOL and devolution for English regions and votes at 16

Environmentalism views

2024 election - Ed - Davey’s

Example of how the liberal democrats are united

Vince Cable is often listed as a social liberal but wrote in the Orange Book and became famous for his fairly right - wing analysis of the mistakes that Gordon Brown had made as Chancellor and PM

Prominent social liberals in the party

Jo Swinson ( ex leader in 2019) and Daisy Cooper