The Conservatives are tearing themselves apart and showing their true colours on cuts for the disabled and people on low incomes. Welfare policy and tax within the Liberal Democrats are the areas WE…
Running an election campaign, a local party or indeed a larger part of the Liberal Democrats has much in common with running a small or medium size business up against bigger, richer competitors and…
Nobody viewing the tragic scenes in Brussels on Tuesday can fail to be moved to tears by what has unfolded. No matter how many times bombings and shootings take place on our TV screens, the…
The EU Leave campaigners are engaging in 'truthiness': if they don't like a fact they just make up another one A few years ago the American comedian Stephen Colbert, imitating a Right-wing shock…
Another fairly quiet week on the by-election front saw just three principal by-elections - two in Allerdale in Cumbria and one in Kettering in Northamptonshire. Allerdale on the west Cumbrian coast…
Those wishing to stay in the EU will point to the economic benefits of membership of what is still the world's largest single market in an increasingly dangerous world and the unnecessary risks of…
So the government has finally decided to nationalise education. At least we now know where we stand. So, if an academy fails under the new system, the buck goes straight to the Secretary of State and…
Three principal council by-elections took place this week with a superb gain from the Conservatives and vote share increase in each ward. In Broadland (DC), there was an excellent gain for the…
On Sunday, Conference voted for all-women shortlists. As part of the debate, I gave a speech outlining how my experience showed that lots of men simply aren't aware of the privilege they have. I was…
At Liberal Democrat Conference in York this weekend I have been told by a number of women that they would not want to be the candidate for a seat that selected from an all women shortlist. I have…
