How do political parties realign themselves. That is a peculiar mystery in the UK, where everything seems desperately constipated. It also depends on context. The…
How do political parties realign themselves. That is a peculiar mystery in the UK, where everything seems desperately constipated. It also depends on context. The…
I met the folk singer Pete Seeger just before he died. He was jamming outside in the July sunshine, with some young violinists, playing Ashokan…
Many commentators in the foreign media of Western Europe and the USA are in bewilderment. A country once known for its pragmatism, disdain for extreme…
“The peculiar evil of silencing the expression of an opinion is, that it is robbing the human race; posterity as well as the existing generation;…
The difficulty that liberals have in dealing with religion was illustrated by the events surrounding the resignation of Tim Farron as leader of the Liberal…
Maybe a decade and a half ago, I was a member of a committee set up by the Lib Dems to report on the party’s…
I am a huge admirer of Paddy Ashdown’s new political movement, More United. Yes, it sounds like a new kind of football club. But I…
The Left have come up with a new phrase to shame centrists with: Centrist Dad. I have to admit, they nailed it this time. Having…
I found myself carrying out a small experiment at the Radix fringe meeting on Monday at the Lib Dem conference in Bournemouth. It rather confirmed…
In the Guardian on Monday, I set out five different ways we might kick start politics from a broad radical centre in the UK – by which…
It used to be said that British elections are always won from the centre ground. This did not seem to be the case in the…