This article first appeared in I News The Lib Dems can’t credibly claim to be the alternative government-in-waiting, so they need to work with Labour…
This article first appeared in I News The Lib Dems can’t credibly claim to be the alternative government-in-waiting, so they need to work with Labour…
What does a sceptical liberal do about great conspiracy theories like QAnon, the bizarre Republican party idea that Donald Trump is leading resistance to cabal…
When I worked in PR, ‘it’s not the crime that gets you, it’s the cover up’ – was our guiding principle, reinforced by our advice…
My children are both attending Steyning Grammar School – and my youngest son was a participant in their notorious Christmas meal (which reached page 3…
The Conservative Party is in a tizz. What will that do to its electoral prospects? The party has, over many decades, been a highly effective…
Here’s a conundrum. How do you make something interesting when even its name might be a turn-off? OK, let’s try it: liberalism. Does that word…
The great sage of the US House of Representatives, Tip O’Neill, gave us the admonition that ‘All politics is local.’. Recent by-election wins by the…
This post first appeared as a blog on The I Paper website… The North Shropshire by-election result is undoubtedly remarkable, with the Lib Dems coming back…
Frau Baerbock, I have to ask you, how has it been negotiating with Christian Lindner? You can’t have imagined a few months ago you would…
I have to say that I feel sorry for Allegra Stratton. I completely agreed with Matthew Parris about her predicament – that was no laugh…
Call me a deluded romantic if you like. But I still believe that an independent media, the fourth estate, forms an important pillar on which…