I would like to see our Party endorse Richard Murphy’s “The Joy of Tax”. As he writes in his final chapter: “We will tax to increase equality, and in the process we will reduce inequality ...

@David Garlic. Trump supporters may talk of changing the constitution. Clearly they haven’t read it. (Which by the way would take you less than an hour). A change to the constitution requires a ...

I have always favoured unitary authorities – provided they are the right unitaries, of course. It is disheartening, though unsurprising, to see Labour reforming English local government in a way ...

Every week I read Iain Dale’s weekly newsletter. Before you rush to judgement, there is always a picture of some very cute dogs at the end even if I often disagree with the political stuff.

Last December, the Conservative peer Charlotte Owen introduced the Non-Consensual Sexually Explicit Images and Videos (Offences) Bill, which has made its way through the House of Lords.This ...

Slamdac and others like him have been brainwashed for years by the poison dripped into their ears by racists. When we did have an open door policy, people came to the UK when there was work and ...

Liberal democracy is not the default setting for forms of government. Autocracy, or dictatorships, are. Liberal democracies, and the open and liberal societies on which they rest, have to be ...

In one of those rare-ish Tuesday by-elections, the Lib Dems confortably held on to a Council seat in Brent yesterday. Well done to the Brent Lib Dems. The by-election was caused by the resignation ...

When I first got involved in blogging, I came across the force of nature that is Mark Cole. At the time, back in 2009, he was Mayor of Cardigan at the age of just 26. He left the Council in search ...

Recent Comments Peter Hirst While appreciating the improvements that regionalism would bring to devolution in England, it is important that our policies do not diverge too far from reality ...

There are 6 principal councils by-elections this week held across England and Scotland. Labour suffered big losses vote share wise but managed to hold 3 out of 4 of their seats, losing one to the SNP.

I think on Culture Wars Issues, Liberals need to read and take heed of this report, from more in common. I do think some Liberals do more to harm rather than help the cause. In particular in ...