30 years ago today, I woke up before the crack of dawn to go and deliver Good Morning leaflets for the Littleborough and Saddleworth by-election. I spent the rest of the day knocking up – and ...

Liberals have a proud record of opposing state intrusion into daily life. I learned the story of the Liberal role in liberating UK citizens from compulsory ID cards after the end of the Second ...

We cannot sit idly by while the humanitarian catastrophe in the Strip worsens even further. That’s why Keir Starmer must seize the opportunity of Trump’s visit with both hands – and push him ...

Theories, threats, counter-threats and conspiracies are flying thick and thin around the name of convicted paedophile and sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein and the nature of his relationship with ...

Lib Dems slam Govt for forcing through foreign state news ownership in face of “historic” cross-party resistance Cleverly on ECHR: Cracks in Badenoch’s reshuffle starting to show Lib Dems ...

Ed Davey: Tougher sanctions needed on Israeli Government now to “stop the carnage” in Gaza Badenoch reshuffle: Titanic captain appoints iceberg apologist to key role Laura Anne Jones ...

Firstly, apologies for the delay in posting these – an overrunning Parish Council meeting took precedence, I’m afraid… Cunliffe report: “Wild West” of water companies must come to an end ...

On Wednesday, 16 July, I attended my first Full Council meeting as a Deputy Mayor. I sat quietly next to the Mayor of Welwyn Hatfield. It did feel different. Did it feel strange? Yes, it did ...

The wild rollercoaster of the 1920s The 1920s are rather the forgotten decade of British politics. The ‘long 1920s’, from the general election of 1918 until that of 1931, was a wild ...

Dick Newby has served us very well as Lib Dem Leader in the Lords since September 2016. He has now stood down and there was an election to replace him between Yorkshire’s Kath Pinnock and ...

Wow! The Mayor of Welwyn Hatfield and I, only a week or so ago, spoke with students from Stanborough School about whether the voting age should be lowered to 16. We divided the Council Chamber ...

Workforce figures: public “desperately” needs a govt focused on getting growth back on track Voting reforms: Elon Musk-shaped hole in Government’s announcement Afghanistan data leak ...