Tom Watson was the Labour Member of Parliament for West Bromwich East 2001-2019. He was deputy leader of the Labour Party 2015-2019.
The Sunday Times has published an extract from a new book that sets out how former Labour Party Deputy Leader Tom Watson turned down an invitation to stand for the Liberal Democrats. … Read the full post »
If you’re a newer member of the Liberal Democrats, you may well not know the past history of some of the campaigns against the party which Tom Watson has run or been closely involved with. … Read the full post »
Liberal Democrat Newswire #114 came out last week with a range of contributions from guests on topics as varied as Love Island, Jo Grimond and international trade. … Read the full post »
Deputy Labour Leader Tom Watson says it is his party’s job to stop the Conservatives bringing themselves down. Yes, Labour wants the government to stay in place. … Read the full post »
Liberal Democrat Newswire #108 has a special free extract from a book I contributed to. It’s a what-if political history, looking back at how the 2007 Lib Dem leadership election could have had rather different consequences for the party. … Read the full post »
The Liberal Democrats, who blocked the legislation under the last coalition government, said Labour’s decision to abstain was “gutless”. … Read the full post »
A former Liberal Democrat minister has described the government commission set up to review the Freedom of Information Act as a “rigged jury”. … Read the full post »
Until reading Norman Baker’s new book I’d forgotten who some of the opponents of opening up MPs expenses to freedom of information requests had been. … Read the full post »
More than 130 new members of the Halifax Labour party have been disqualified from voting for the party’s general election candidate … Read the full post »
Parliament’s record at carefully scrutinising legislation is rather patchy, which is why the recent moves towards more extensive pre-legislative scrutiny are very welcome. … Read the full post »