Elections Bill: a blatant assault on democratic rights
“You don’t strengthen our democracy by making it harder for people to vote” – Alistair Carmichael. … Read the full post »
David Howarth
Read about former Liberal Democrat Member of Parliament for Cambridge 2005-2010 and Electoral Commissioner David Howarth.
I wrote a pamphlet with him in 2015 on how to rebuild the Liberal Democrats.
How the values of voters and of Liberal Democrat voters compare
There is lots of interest tucked into just this one graph from No Turning Back: The 2019 General Election and the UK’s new electoral geography from the centre-right thinktank, Onward. … Read the full post »
PODCAST – The future for liberalism, with David Howarth
China’s changing foreign policy, tackling populism, the role for the Liberal Democrats: my guest David Howarth and I ranged widely over the political landscape in the latest episode of Never Mind The Bar Charts. … Read the full post »
A fair society is a resilient society: the future for the Lib Dems (LDN #136)
A fair society is one that can best protect and nourish us in the face of the challenges of the age, immediate ones such as coronavirus, long-term ones such as climate change, and endemic ones such as social injustice. … Read the full post »
Meet the 15 people running the Lib Dem elections review
An impressive panel of 15 people is investigating the lessons from the general and European elections for the Liberal Democrats. … Read the full post »
How Jo Swinson set out her core votes strategy for the Lib Dems
Two of the best pieces of coverage of the Liberal Democrat leadership contest came from opposite ends of the party’s internal political spectrum. … Read the full post »
Why the Liberal Democrats need a core votes strategy
The basis of sustained significant success, whether in politics, sport, commerce or civil society, is a core of loyal, regular support. … Read the full post »
8 things we must get right next for a Liberal Democrat registered supporter scheme
It’s gratifying to see how massively party opinion has shifted on the idea of a supporter scheme even just this year – from at best disinterest and not infrequently opposition through to now being the bit that such a big majority now says they support in Vince Cable’s reform package. … Read the full post »
The opinion poll trends that point to the future of British politics
A new episode of Polling Matters, with Paula Surridge, takes a look at the values driving British politics – and hence the political space for the Liberal Democrats to recover. … Read the full post »
The Liberal Democrats need a liberal, not a centrist, core vote
At the heart of the strategy which David Howarth and I sketched out for the party in 2015, is a two-fold argument bolstered by the evidence in our pamphlet… … Read the full post »