It's been a long time since I last wrote one of these. In truth, I've not been entirely in the right frame of mind to do so, ...

Ed Davey’s speech to Conference yesterday is already proving controversial within the party. His announcement that we are now calling for the country to develop its own independent nuclear deterrent ...

There were five principal council by-elections this week, of which all had a Liberal Democrat candidate on the ballot. Three council seats were being defended by us. We held this seat in the Cotswolds ...

It’s the wrong time for any serious party leader to advocate getting rid of our nuclear weapons. Yesterday, Ed probably said the most sensible thing anyone could say. If we’re going to keep nuclear ...

Arthur Preece OBE (1928 – 2026) was a figure of both regional and national stature in the Liberal Party, and then the Liberal Democrats. He will be greatly missed by those he worked with and supported ...

From the Archbishop of Canterbury to journalists and broadcasters to civil servants and political advisers to MPs and Peers, ...

On Tuesday afternoon, I found myself scrolling Twitter – as one does (even if it invokes a sense of despair) – and could not ...

These are not normal political times. These are not easy times. And they are certainly not times when large swathes of the ...

Liberal Democrats believe in universal human rights. The response to evidence of sexual violence on 7th October should be ...

There was one principal council by-election this week, on Tuesday. After a previous absense on the ballot here, we were able ...

President Bola Tinubu of Nigeria came to the United Kingdom for a State visit from 18th to 19th March. This is a historic ...