This article was first published in CityAM When my colleague and I published a book entitled “The Death of Liberal Democracy?” in August 2016, many…
System renewal. Challenging established notions. Reimagining our societies.
System renewal. Challenging established notions. Reimagining our societies.
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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…
This year, we mark 30 years since the fall of the Berlin Wall. That moment was so much bigger than what it meant for the…
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…
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…
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…
I have always wanted to go ‘beyond satire’. Now I have actually, I am proud to say, been accused of it. Among other things. Why?…
When I was a teenager first interested in politics and determined to choose the odd party out, I put aside my childish idea that the…
At one of my family gatherings over Christmas, I found myself arguing a somewhat radical position about what is likely to happen to the shape…
Of all the unlikely pieces of news that have belaboured us in recent weeks, the news that Paddy Ashdown has died – with all his…