The '''Liberal Democrats''', often known as the "'''Lib Dems'''", are a political party in the [[United Kingdom]]. They traditionally occupied the centre of the [[political spectrum]], between the [[Labour Party]] on the left and the [[Conservative Party]] on the right.<ref>"Liberal" in British political parlance means "centrist" or "moderate" as opposed than the American definition, which implies "left-wing".</ref> They have also been described as "radical centre", a political philosophy of having no inherent bias towards the left or right wings, though in reality the party is strongly biased toward [[globalism]] and [[Europhile|Europhilia]] and therefore occupies the social left wing of the political spectrum. | The '''Liberal Democrats''', often known as the "'''Lib Dems'''", are a political party in the [[United Kingdom]]. They traditionally occupied the centre of the [[political spectrum]], between the [[Labour Party]] on the left and the [[Conservative Party]] on the right.<ref>"Liberal" in British political parlance means "centrist" or "moderate" as opposed than the American definition, which implies "left-wing".</ref> They have also been described as "radical centre", a political philosophy of having no inherent bias towards the left or right wings, though in reality the party is strongly biased toward [[globalism]] and [[Europhile|Europhilia]] and therefore occupies the social left wing of the political spectrum. |