This week vacancies have been advertised for two important roles in the Party. Disciplinary Sub Group The Disciplinary Sub Group ...

Now that the United States has abdicated from its position of leader and protector of the “free world” politicians of all parties are in agreement that ”the world has changed” and we must change with ...

The new issue of Liberator is out.

Can the election of Donald Trump be a major opportunity for Liberal Democrats? Quite possibly, though the jury is still out. In fact I’ve just written a short history of British Liberalism which ...

@ Mike Peter Having read Jamie Green’s article in the Guardian (see below) I see no reason at all not to welcome him – and the others he predicts will follow – to our party. You may have ...

The most exciting day at Conference in ages and I’m not there. I was very happy to have Jamie in the party, but had major FOMO. However, I did get to meet him at the dinner that evening ...

The Welsh Liberal Democrats have announced their lead list candidates for five of their top target constituencies in the 2026 Senedd election at their Spring Conference in Cardiff at the weekend.

@Mohammed Amin. As I’ve said before, there is no real evidence that unitary councils reduce the cost of local government. Because wider local government government can’t be fully adressed by ...

Responding to the Prime Minister’s speech on supporting UK businesses following Trump’s tariffs, Liberal Democrat Leader Ed Davey said: Donald Trump has launched an assault on the global ...

Being an absolute lover of politics, I often fill my term-time Saturday evenings with attendance at the University of Oxford’s Labour Club’s social ‘Beer and Bickering’. This is a social ...

But the EU allows transport of live farm animals across borders, something that the Liberal Democrats opposed long before Brexit made it possible for the UK to have its own policy on this. In 2019 ...

Having spent 30 years active in the Labour and trade union world I have lost count of the number of times I saw bureaucratic manoevures used to shut down debate. I was quite often the victim ...