“We can change the system, we can give people real hope” – Ed Davey’s speech
Take a watch of Lib Dem leader Ed Davey’s speech to our York spring conference, with a bonus of the party awards presentation first. … Read the full post »
Keir Starmer
Read about Keir Starmer, who was elected leader of the Labour Party on 4 April 2020, taking over from Jeremy Corbyn.
Where Labour currently stands on electoral reform
The Labour Party has adopted a new statement on electoral reform but it points in contradictory directions. … Read the full post »
Greenwich Lib Dems select Ulysse Abbate and Chris Annous
Greenwich Borough Liberal Democrats have selected Chris Annous, 24, and Ulysse Abbate, 22, to be their candidates for the constituencies of Greenwich & Woolwich and Eltham respectively. … Read the full post »
How do local councillors think their own party has performed?
Polling from Survation of councillors from different parties shows some striking difference between the parties. … Read the full post »
The political value of cheese
What’s that in the BBC’s The UK year in pictures? Why, it’s a Liberal Democrat by-election victory photo stunt. … Read the full post »
PODCAST – How have Labour and the Lib Dems done in 2022?
It was a warm welcome back to Professor Tim Bale for the latest episode of Never Mind The Bar Charts. We revisited the five tests for opposition parties we’ve discussed before. How have Labour and the Lib Dems been performing against them? … Read the full post »
The difference between Labour and the Lib Dems in three tweets
Tweet number one, on the future for our politics, and Labour once again blinking when it comes to supporting electoral reform… … Read the full post »
PODCAST – Where next for British politics?
A nice easy question for me and Callum Robertson to chew over in the latest episode of Never Mind The Bar Charts. Here’s what we made of it… … Read the full post »
Two new Parliamentary by-election focus groups
Conservative Party peer and the largest private funder of public political polling in the UK, Lord Ashcroft, is back with some new focus groups. … Read the full post »
What do the polls say about anti-Conservative cooperation? The Week in Polls #4
A poll out this week looked at the possible impact of seat deals between Labour, Greens and Liberal Democrats for the next general election. … Read the full post »