As a dedicated Liberal I’ve always vaguely subscribed to the Whig view of history, defined roughly that, by and large, on the whole and in the main, things are gradually getting better.  Improvements ...

Today at PMQs, Ed Davey asked Keir Starmer to request the extradition of Andrew Tate and his brother Tristan to face trial. Watch here. https://youtu.be/pH98_k47kgA ...

This is so important – thanks for this post. But benefits are only part of the support – or lack of – available to disabled people. The stresses on the NHS and Social Services are resulting ...

There is an outside, long shot chance of saving Ukraine and the Western Alliance—Buy American. I don’t mean American cars or cereal. I mean something which really costs—American weaponry ...

Mike Clancy “When people think of the priorities of the Liberal Democrats, they may not immediately think of employment rights,…” Why on earth not? They’ve been core to Liberal thinking ...

What the hell happened in Barnet? That was our best ward there, with our candidates averaging 26.2% at the last election. Not only should the local party have thrown everything at it but it’s in ...

It’s almost 3 years since I first had Covid, an experience which has made my life a lot smaller. My road to recovery from Long Covid has been erratic and very, very slow. It’s only now that I ...

Ed Davey said on Twitter: On International Women’s Day, we honour the incredible contributions of women everywhere- those who have broken barriers, stood up for what’s right, and made life ...

A while ago someone was looking for what they called a brief non-wonk’s guide to liberalism. In a fit of activism I wrote one. Once I had fleshed it out, I was surprised by the centrality the ...

Friedrich Merz is steaming ahead—and he hasn’t even formed his government. The string bean leader of Germany’s Christian Democratic Union (CDU) is certain to be chancellor as soon as he has ...

Six years after his premature death at age 77, Paddy Ashdown is making a comeback in the interests of the party’s immediate future. Well, not really. But Paddy’s name does adorn a new ...

I’m not sure why Tom Gordon is reading Brave New World when he could just watch the news. He said on Twitter: Happy World Book Day. I’m currently reading Brave New World for the first time ...