I have to be honest, it's a while since I've watched Ed Davey's Conference speech live. I'm usually to be found at Not the Leader's Speech. I mean, I can watch the speech on You Tube later, but the pr ...

As Liberal Democrats, we pride ourselves on internationalism grounded in law, evidence and moral seriousness. That is precisely why the increasingly casual use of the word “genocide” in debates about ...

Our esteemed Treasury Spokesperson Daisy Cooper recently announced plans to replace the Treasury with a Department of Growth tasked with promoting economic growth and ending the cost-of-living crisis ...

There were three principal council by-elections this week, and all three had a Liberal Democrat on the ballot. In Redcar, this by‑election brought a much broader field than the last contest, with five ...

Scarcity on the surface When I sat down for lunch with a local council leader one afternoon, in a café adjacent to a YMCA, one of the first things we discussed was capacity. The ability of the state ...

For many of us growing up in the 1970’s the TV superhero Hong Kong Phooey was a regular fix on our televisions, despite only running for one series of 16 episodes. Mild mannered janitor, Penry Pooch ...

The Liberal Democrats and the need to move away from the ‘Core Vote Strategy’  After the catastrophe of 2015, when the Liberal Democrats were reduced to eight seats and 8% of the vote, the party ...

The latest implementation of the Employment Rights Act is not an attack on order; it is a move away from procedural friction and towards fair, workable industrial relations. Liberal Democrats should ...

Liberal Democrats along with the SNP, the Green Party and several Independent MPs have recognised that Israel has committed genocide as defined by the Genocide Convention. So far so good.   The bad ne ...

Last week, Rupert Lowe launched his new “Restore” party. Restore what, exactly? Strip away the branding and the flag-waving and what you’re left with isn’t renewal. It’s resentment. It’s grievance ...

Sir Ed Davey’s recent Defence proposal to start selling war bonds so that we can “move far faster” on UK defence spending, was welcome. The state of our armed forces is far poorer than these dangerous ...