Read my posts featuring environmentalist, author, Liberal Democrat activist and sometime Federal Conference Committee (FCC) Chair and Federal Policy Committee (FPC) Vice Chair, Duncan Brack.
After a series of eight votes on Friday night, Liberal Democrat federal conference passed an important set of reforms to address one of the key findings from the Thornhill Review. … Read the full post »
There are two stories up on the Lib Dem website about the views of members on topics that are currently very much up for debate in the party. … Read the full post »
There’s a new book of political alternative histories out called Prime Minister Priti: And other things that never happened. One of its editors is a Liberal Democrat. So who better to have back on Never Mind The Bar Charts than that editor… Duncan Brack. … Read the full post »
Lord John Russell served in government for at least part of every decade from the 1830s through to the 1860s, with two spells as Prime Minister, 13 years apart. What should we make of his political career? … Read the full post »
Never Mind The Bar Charts and the most excellent Lib Dem Pod teamed up for another joint show, taking a look this time at lessons in coalitions and cross-party cooperation. … Read the full post »
Why did the Liberal Party become so pro-European and how did that carry over into the Liberal Democrats? That was the topic when I welcomed back Duncan Brack to Never Mind The Bar Charts. … Read the full post »
As previewed, the September meeting of the party’s Steering Group concentrated on how we can maximise our chances of success in the May elections. … Read the full post »
After the popularity of the previous discussion with Duncan Brack about lessons for the Liberal Democrats from Jo Grimond’s time as party leader, Duncan returns to discuss another former leader. … Read the full post »
I’ve tried something a little different for this episode of Never Mind The Bar Charts: taking a look at the career of a previous party leader to see the lessons for the current Liberal Democrats. … Read the full post »
In the latest episode of Never Mind The Bar Charts, I talk with Duncan Brack, the closest thing the party has to an official historian, about the lessons for the Liberal Democrats from the last time that a Conservative government was defeated. … Read the full post »