Should politicians read important legal documents in full?
Back last century I secured a flurry of media interest for writing a short guide to the Maastricht Treaty and sending it to then Cabinet member Ken Clarke. … Read the full post »
Conservative politician Ken Clarke was a Cabinet minister and multiple times stood unsuccessfully for the leadership of his party.
Back last century I secured a flurry of media interest for writing a short guide to the Maastricht Treaty and sending it to then Cabinet member Ken Clarke. … Read the full post »
“Only the Liberal Democrats have the ideas, the experience and the commitment to transform the fortunes of our country. An exit from Brexit. A grown-up approach to the economy. And bold ideas to strengthen our society through the 21st century.” – Vince Cable … Read the full post »
Music played a major role in one of the UK Labour Party’s 1997 general election broadcasts, which is the most powerful of all the ones I’ve seen ‘live’ at the time of broadcast. … Read the full post »
Although it isn’t a Liberal Democrat (or Alliance, SDP or Liberal) party election broadcast, this is the one that had the biggest immediate impact on me … Read the full post »
Compared to many a previous government reshuffle, this week’s went at a pretty standard rate. It felt, however, slower. … Read the full post »
I strongly suspect that for all political parties there is a common pattern: what seems sensible and logical to those on the inside often seems baffling and weird to those on the outside. … Read the full post »
Well said by Ken Clarke on the contortions by some of his colleagues over House of Lords reform. … Read the full post »
A quartet of Liberal Democrat peers are leading the charge to change the Legal Aid Bill as it goes through the House of Lords. … Read the full post »
A simple quiz question for you: courtesy of some Freedom of Information requests we know which newspapers are delivered to Ministers’ offices each day. … Read the full post »
Andrew Reeves is the latest to feature in our series giving the human face behind some of the blogs on the Liberal Democrat Blogs aggregator. … Read the full post »