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What a Tory cabinet minister said to me tonight: “I don’t know why you Lib Dems aren’t doing better”

I don't think this counts as name-dropping because I'm not going to say who it was. But, anyway, I was chatting to a Tory cabinet minister tonight, as you do, who was genuinely curious to know why…

The Queen’s advice to Tim Farron

I am far from being an ardent royalist. The idea that someone should just inherit the position of head of state is very strange to me. However, that doesn't stop me acknowledging that the current…

Review: Coalition, by David Laws

Coalition: The Inside Story of the Conservative-Liberal Democrat Coalition Government (Biteback; £25) If journalistic reportage is the first rough draft of history, then the politicians' memoir has a…

EURef: RSPB demands Remain and Leave answer environmental questions

I remember a time, in the early 2000s, when it felt like every discussion on the future of the Liberal Democrats or of political parties in general mentioned the fact the RSPB had 2 million members…

Who makes the decisions in the EU?

I have become increasingly frustrated that so many people, including journalists and UK politicians, do not seem to know how the EU actually works and who is responsible for making the decisions on…

Free trade has won: adapt or die is the only option left to us

Protectionists from all shades of the political spectrum are living in a past that can never be recreated The Tata Steel sale has revived the battle between protectionists and free traders, a debate…

Lib Dem plans for selecting European Parliament candidates take another step forward

I, the Returning Officer for the aforesaid Regional List... And so, it can, apparently, be told. A schedule for the selection of our European Parliament regional candidates lists for 2019 has been…

Visiting the Northern Greece refugee camps with Tim Farron

On Monday last week I flew out to Greece with Tim ahead of his visit to the camps in the North on Tuesday. Hours earlier UNHCR informed us they would no longer be able to facilitate the visit of a…

A chance to join the UK-in-EU debate in Spalding

BEHIND THE HEADLINES: The UK in a Changing Europe Night A woman from Surfleet who lectures on employment law at Cambridge University is hoping to make the UK's prospects in or out of Europe crystal…