Our democracy is under sustained attack. Repeated scandals and corruption have hollowed out trust, while powerful men who hate our democracy - from Silicon Valley to the Kremlin - undermine our social ...
There were five principal council by-elections this week, four of which had a Liberal Democrat on the ballot, up from just one last time these wards were contested. In Kent, Ashley Wassall and the ...
I'm lucky to represent an amazing area as a district and town councillor. Since I was elected at the age of 19, becoming Huntingdonshire's youngest ever councillor, I've had a huge amount of support ...
This week Southwark Liberal Democrats launched our manifesto for what will be our largest local election campaign in decades. After 16 years of Labour control, many residents feel the borough has been ...
In fact, it fits comfortably within the liberal tradition. Liberals have always believed that power should be questioned. Governments should be accountable. Monopolies should not dominate markets. We ...
Wednesday’s disturbing news on UK democracy interference is the Met’s arrest and a new Chinese espionage case. Among the suspects is the spouse of an MP. Nigel Farage — the leader of a party with a ...
Last month, I visited the occupied West Bank – against Foreign Office travel advise – to meet with Palestinian communities, hear their stories, and bear witness to the daily realities of life under ...
I was pleased to hear most of Sir Ed Davey’s question following the PM’s statement on Monday. I say most, because I thought he was doing well and saying the right things – until the unfair and ...
Not Left. Not Right. Liberal. The Green victory in the Manchester Gorton and Denton by-election should stiffen every Liberal Democrat spine. Not because we suddenly face a new political opponent. But ...
Roz Savage’s piece earlier this week, and Jack Meredith’s response to it, have done something worth building on. This is an attempt to follow the logic a few steps further, because I think it leads ...
Britain has spent the last few decades running a national experiment. We have taken essential infrastructure that behaves like a monopoly, we put it in private hands, and we hope competition somehow ...