Today saw only the fourth Saturday sitting of the House of Commons that I can remember. The first was in 1982 when Argentina invaded the Falklands. I remember listening as we stripped the walls in my ...

I remember the anticipation of going to meet my first niece when she was born during Lib Dem conference at Harrogate. At least I only had a 4 hour train ride in the same country to take to meet this ...

Trump has declared war on China. It’s a trade war, not a shooting war. But the fallout will still be devastating and it will reach every corner of the globe. The markets rallied on the news that Trump ...

As a committed Liberal Democrat, I was disappointed by our recent “Buy British” video. It sends the wrong message about who we are—and worse, it risks alienating the very voters we need to ...

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 ...

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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 ...

@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 ...