The Liberal Democrats claim to have used their first taste of power in generations to block Conservative policies specifically on grounds of ‘love for your neighbour’. Continuing our series on the parties’ relationship with Christianity, we look at their record in government Of all the major political parties, it is arguably the Liberal Democrats which can lay claim to a membership divided between a strong secular tradition, rooted in the history of the old Liberal Party, and an equally strong and passionately committed Christianity – with an inter-faith footing in the Methodist, Anglican and Roman Catholic churches. According to Steve Webb, an Anglican, Liberal Democrat and Minister for Pensions in the outgoing Coalition Government: “The most fundamental re