As figures reveal Lib Dem membership has shrunk by 20% we also learn that Cable speaks regularly with Ed Miliband

By Tim MontgomerieFollow Tim on Twitter One of the more remarkable things about the Lib/Con Coalition is the absence of disunity… Read more »

Cameron cannot gain a workable Conservative majority without the boundary review

By Paul GoodmanFollow Paul on Twitter David Cameron has told the Daily Mail that he wants a Tory majority at… Read more »

Six immediate reactions to the election results

By Tim MontgomerieFollow Tim on Twitter No breakthrough for Labour: Radio 4's Today programme is insisting that Labour had a "very… Read more »

The tycoon tax proves the power of the Curse of Clegg

By Paul GoodmanFollow Paul on Twitter The row about tax and charity is a scene on a wider canvas.  Yesterday morning,… Read more »

Beware of wolves when there’s a full moon and Lib Dems when there are local elections

By Tim MontgomerieFollow Tim on Twitter Just a quick blog to note this morning's Mail front page. Nick Clegg is openly… Read more »

Imagine yourself to be a businessman, on the verge of a big decision…

By Paul GoodmanFollow Paul on Twitter …About whether to invest or perhaps to stay in Britain.  Now imagine yourself peering… Read more »

A sign of Lib Dem leaflets to come – “Liberal Democrats stopped Tory tax cuts for the richest”

By Tim MontgomerieFollow Tim on Twitter The energetic Lib Dem blogger Mark Pack has published what he calls an "infographic" summarising… Read more »

The great middle-class budget fightback begins

By Paul GoodmanFollow Paul on Twitter Conservatives don't always agree about raising new wealth and property taxes, but tend to… Read more »

Lembit Opik calls for Clegg to stay as Deputy PM… but for a new Lib Dem leader to be elected

By Tim MontgomerieFollow Tim on Twitter I know it's a Lembit Opik idea but just because of that it doesn't deserve… Read more »

Tim Farron’s proposal for permanent coalition-negotiating teams will shift the Lib Dems to the left

By Matthew BarrettFollow Matthew on Twitter. David Singleton at PoliticsHome reports an interesting development: The Lib Dems' President, Tim Farron,… Read more »

Cameron’s letter to Huhne praises his contribution to creating “greenest government ever”

By Tim MontgomerieFollow Tim on Twitter. Chris Huhne has resigned and in his letter to Mr Huhne the Prime Minister… Read more »

Three political implications of the prosecution of Chris Huhne

By Tim MontgomerieFollow Tim on Twitter. Chris Huhne will be charged with perverting the course of justice. Every person is… Read more »

Dark clouds gathering over Downing Street. Storms possible. Number 10 don’t forecast Tory majority.

By Tim MontgomerieFollow Tim on Twitter. I read columnists like Fraser Nelson and Iain Martin for analysis of what the… Read more »

To Sayeeda Warsi falls the duty of countering Nick Clegg… and defending Margaret Thatcher’s tax system

By Paul GoodmanFollow Paul on Twitter Thatcher's tax settlement… Margaret Thatcher inherited economic ruin and high taxes, and the two… Read more »

How Liberal Democrats can gain ownership of the Coalition – while Conservatives get on with boosting growth

By Paul GoodmanFollow Paul on Twitter. Next year will see no return to the romance of the rose garden politics… Read more »