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Stuart Coster: Is Lib Dem election campaigning “essential activity”? A “reasonable excuse” for someone to leave home?

It is a stretch to imagine “voluntary services” extends, beyond helping those needing support during lockdown, to delivering political leaflets. 

By Stuart Coster | 19 January 2021 | 14 comments

Faye Purbrick: Don’t split Somerset in half

A single unitary model has worked well in those areas that have adopted it in recent years, including Dorset, Wiltshire, and Buckinghamshire.

By Faye Purbrick | 16 December 2020 | 15 comments

Aphra Brandreth: Davey would take the Lib Dems backwards; Moran to the Left. But whichever direction, does it matter?

Until they are prepared to set out a future that is both workable and distinct, they are unlikely to have much of a voice in this Parliament or the next.

By Aphra Brandreth | 5 August 2020 | 20 comments

Nicholas Rogers: Over a decade, acid attacks in London have quadrupled

Those caught carrying acid to be imprisoned on the first offence, not the second. Yet the Lib Dems want to weaken the penalties.

By Nicholas Rogers | 21 July 2020 | 28 comments

David Bittlestone: My ambition to provide the extra housing that Woking needs

We have a scheme to help our tenants with deposits, to boost home ownership.

By David Bittleston | 1 June 2020 | 11 comments

Stephen Booth: Contrary to expectations, the UK may have the upper hand as Brexit negotiations intensify

With its objective being British sovereignty, Johnson’s government can justify economic disruption better than the EU.

By Stephen Booth | 28 May 2020 | 115 comments

James Friend: Our belief in small government will help us win again in Mole Valley

The Lib Dems have thrown £1m of taxpayer money, around 20 per cent of the Council Tax receipts, at new hobby projects, with no defined benefits for the coming year.

By James Friend | 10 March 2020 | 4 comments

Local elections: The greatest threat to the Conservatives comes from the Lib Dems

Part two of our weekly series on the local election, focusing on the district council contests.

By Harry Phibbs | 9 March 2020 | 10 comments

Ricky Bower: The Lib Dems are providing chaotic leadership on Arun District Council

They are continuing to implement planning policies they have declared themselves opposed to.

By Ricky Bower | 20 February 2020 | 11 comments

Duncan Simpson: Three tasks for Johnson. Cull quangos. End taxpayer-funded lobbying. And reform appointments.

Cleaning up the state won’t be a quick and easy task. But if Boris Johnson doesn’t grasp the nettle, it will certainly come back to sting.

By Duncan Simpson | 21 January 2020 | 23 comments

The Lib Dems are down, but not out

More important than the choice of new Leader, will be to decide what the Party stands for after Brexit.

By Harry Phibbs | 3 January 2020 | 95 comments

Lord Ashcroft: How Britain voted and why. My 2019 post-vote poll

Men chose the Conservatives over Labour by a 19-point margin (48 per cent to 29 per cent), while women did so by just six points.

By Lord Ashcroft | 13 December 2019 | 26 comments

Lord Ashcroft: Labour support solidifies as expectations grow of a Tory win. My final election dashboard.

Johnson’s lead over Corbyn in the best Prime Minister stakes has narrowed slightly to 15 points.

By Lord Ashcroft | 10 December 2019 | 73 comments

WATCH: “History would never forgive you” – Raab’s warning to Remainer MPs if they make Corbyn PM

The Foreign Secretary adds: “As for the Liberal Democrats…when it comes to offences under the Trade Description Act, they’re guilty as charged.”

29 September 2019 | 88 comments

Frances Lasok: The growing threat of the minor parties and how we can beat them

Even in “safe seats” a culture of knock-every-door campaigning is needed. That was the lesson from the local elections.

By Frances Lasok | 30 July 2019 | 101 comments

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