Stephen Tall: Some farewell advice
My last ConHome column addresses the same topic as my first: If I were a Tory, here’s what I would do.
Stephen Tall: Should we Lib Dems enter a second coalition?
My party has suffered from this first term – would a second be worth it? And if so, then on what terms?
Stephen Tall: Five things we do know about the election no-one can predict
In an uncertain world, here are a few certainties to bank on.
Stephen Tall: Here we go. My predictions for the coming election.
Conservatives largest party. Labour close behind. Less bad for the LibDems that some predict. UKIP win three seats. The SNP grab over 20.
Stephen Tall: Does anyone really want to win?
The two main parties are making a big mistake by pitching their appeal at supporters of two minor ones – UKIP and the Greens.
Stephen Tall: The Christmas present that politics needs is generosity of spirit
Not so long ago, if your utterances were littered with red-mist adjectives, you’d have been dismissed as a Green Ink letter-writer. But now fulmination is vogue.
Stephen Tall: A spectre haunts the Lib Dems. Actually, scratch that. At least five spectres haunt the Lib Dems.
The reality is that there is no easy bounce-back recovery for the Lib Dems. It’s going to be a long, hard slog. And that’s the best case scenario.
Stephen Tall: How did it come to this? The Lib Dems’ seven key Coalition moments
From tuition fees to those Farage debates: the story of how my party went from Cleggmania to single digits in under five years.
Stephen Tall: For me or UKIP to win on immigration, we must cede some ground
Whether you’re drawbridge-up like Nigel Farage or drawbridge-down like me, neither holds the winning territory of the centre ground.
Stephen Tall: British politics is more fragmented than ever
The pundits who predicted coalition would end with a return to a two-party system were plain wrong.
Stephen Tall: Five thoughts from Lib Dem conference
From grim determination to quiet leadership campaigns, here is the low down on what’s happening in Glasgow.
Stephen Tall: All three parties’ worst nightmare – winning the next election
In any scenario, the main parties are in for a bumpy, uncomfortable ride.
Stephen Tall: Political autumn comes early
It isn’t just the weather that’s depressing and drab.
Stephen Tall: Boris – an effective future Prime Minister? Sorry, but I just can’t see it
He cannot be both court jester and monarch: he will have to choose, and soon.
Stephen Tall: Make no mistake, these are deep and meaningful cuts – and there’s more to come
But will politicians ever really ‘fess up? Or will the next election campaign be spent making promises that can’t be kept?