When car-crash politics proves such irresistible and distracting theatre, it is even more important to maintain a focus on our central, generational challenge – what…
When car-crash politics proves such irresistible and distracting theatre, it is even more important to maintain a focus on our central, generational challenge – what…
The polls in recent weeks have been a little nerve-wracking, at least for anyone who believes that democratic politics has the potential to make a…
The Liberal Democrats are a shambles, widely reviled for betraying people’s trust on tuition fees and led by an old man with no charisma. Yet…
The Lib Dems are on a roll, the Greens are still making progress but Change UK have had a disastrous few weeks. Nevertheless, unless you believe…
As I argued in the Guardian earlier in the week, the Greens and Lib Dems should not be too overwhelmed by their results in last week’s…
It just hasn’t happened for Change UK. There was a moment when it could have, but a combination of naivety, poor timing, bad organisation and…
Every political groupie will tell you never to attach too much importance to a single opinion poll, while at the same time moving from ecstasy…
When I was editor of Liberal Democrat News, during the Ashdown era, I became fascinated watching the real divisions inside the Lib Dem party. Year…
So, the Lib Dems are back. Well, sort of. Their national share of the vote on Thursday across England is calculated to have been about…
We are living in interesting times. The local elections brought an expected collapse in Conservative support and an unexpectedly poor Labour showing. The recovery of…
I, more than 99 percent of people in the UK at the very least, desperately wanted The Independent Group to succeed. I have written for…
One of the most long-lasting impacts of Brexit will be the way it has shaken up traditional political allegiances. The weakness of the Lib Dems…