Darren Hughes, Chief Executive, Electoral Reform Society Earlier this year, the scale of public anger at our broken voting system was revealed. Despite no General Election being on the…
Dear Paddy, Combative as ever! Your four ideas for the future of Liberal Democracy are ten short of Woodrow Wilson's fourteen points for world peace from January 1918 and all the better for it. I…
On Monday night, my parliamentary colleagues and I sat late into the night to conclude the latest round of debate on the European Union (Withdrawal) Bill.
Federal Conference Committee (FCC) met on Saturday to discuss amendments and other issues for debate in Bournemouth this weekend. As a quick recap, and for those who haven't been to conference…
So, here, as promised are four dangerous ideas for the future. Please be clear. I am not necessarily proposing these. Just asking why we are not even discussing them? Dangerous idea 1 We are guiltily…
This bill does more than start to implement the Brexit vote, it gives power to Theresa May to by-pass parliament. "Government power grab". "Affront to democracy" "Constitutional Outrage".
Thanks to Lawrence Fullick for filling us in on an anti-Brexit event that 's taking place in Bournemouth to coincide with our Conference. Pro EU organisations are organising events at all 3 party…
I am getting old. Like most old men I have a tendency to be grumpy and claim that things aren't as good as they were in the old days. Please bear this in mind when you read this. I was trained as a…
More data from the EPOP 2017 conference, this time showing what proportion of each party's membership claimed to have delivered leaflets during the 2017 general election campaign. Lib Dem members…
During the parliamentary recess, MPs traditionally spend time in their constituencies, talk to their constituents, work on campaigns and promote local issues. We've put together a round-up of…