Asking the wrong question about Brexit (and Trump): LDN #145
Liberal Democrat Newswire #145 came out last week, looking at the wrong, and the right, question to ask about Brexit. … Read the full post »
Liberal Democrat Newswire archive
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When Labour and Lib Dems co-operated to beat the Conservatives: LDN #144
In many respects, 2020 is unprecedented. In one, though, events are rather are familiar. Public services under huge pressure. A right wing Conservative government. A Labour Party that has lost four general election in a row now under a new leader. A Liberal Democrat party recovering from a disappointing general election. Emerging efforts at forming new cross-party coalitions against the Conservatives. It’s all very 1990s. … Read the full post »
Two-speed liberalisation: LDN #143
This time I’m taking a look at the long-term forces which are driving our politics, including the paradox at the heart of culture wars. … Read the full post »
The best pamphlet about liberalism I have read: LDN #142
Liberal Democrat Newswire #142 came out last week, taking a look at a wonderful modern expression of liberalism. … Read the full post »
Europe and the Liberal Democrats – where next? LDN #141
Europe. It’s still there. That’s both a geographic and a political observation. … Read the full post »
One of the biggest, yet least talked about, risks to Lib Dem future success: LDN #140
Liberal Democrat Newswire #140 looks at one of the biggest, yet least talked about, risks to the future success of the Liberal Democrats. … Read the full post »
Good questions and bad answers: how to choose the next Lib Dem leader (LDN #139)
What are the best questions to ask at a party leadership hustings? And what answers should get the alarm bells ringing? Read Liberal Democrat Newswire #139 to find out. … Read the full post »
5 lessons from my 1993 election leaflet: LDN #138
Back in the early days of the lockdown, I caught up on filing old election leaflets and found one of my own. Liberal Democrat Newswire #138, which came out last week, explains the lessons for politics in 2020 from it. … Read the full post »
Getting the Liberal Democrats back on track: LDN #137
It’s a busy time putting the Liberal Democrats back on track: the big independent election review, a leadership timetable, plans for an online party conference that would be a first for British politics, creating a new party strategy, updating our policy and more. … 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 »