One of the pieces of rapidly established conventional wisdom about the 2017 general election is that Labour did so well because people weren't expecting Labour to win. People had big doubts over…
At the recent SLF Annual Conference in July, a well-attended fringe session discussed the benefits and drawbacks of Basic Income. My contention, as Chair of this session, was that we now need to be…
VInce Cable set the ball rolling a month ago with a simple remark: "I'm beginning to think that Brexit may never happen." It brought into focus the reality that our deeply divided government is…
Back in the spring, I carried out a survey of Liberal Democrat members, looking at what they thought should be the party's position on Europe and whether there should be cooperation with other…
Journalist Ian Dunt has become somewhat of a favourite of pro-Europeans with his acerbic journalism on the failings of the government's approach to Brexit. His book, Brexit: what the hell happens…
Placing Vince Cable on the left-right political spectrum never quite works because he combines both a passion for intervention to deal with market failures with a suspicion of the failings of big…
Lib Dem leader claims older voters with views coloured by nostalgia for imperial past 'shafted' younger pro-EU generation Sir Vince Cable has criticised older voters who see economic pain as a price…
According to a new poll, 66% of people think Theresa May should make keeping us in the single market her top priority in the Brexit negotiations. As the realities of Brexit continue to unfold, our…
Campaigners condemn Government for ignoring advisory body's advice on how to protect vulnerable users The Government must "accept responsibility" for rising drug deaths, campaigners have said, as it…
The pattern is of Lib Dem vote increases and candidates where previously there had been none - but none of the sort of seat gains that were so regular between the 2016 referendum and the 2017…
