The sudden death of Liberal England
I joined the Liberal Party the day of Margaret Thatcher’s first victory. I will be leaving its successor party the day after I return a spoiled ballot in the election for the next party leader. As a...
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It might well be that the United Kingdom, or its successor rump state of England and Wales, will be relying on the skills of the New Zealand’s trade negotiators to help shape the Brexit agreement with...
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Regular readers of LDV have recently been reminded of similarities between contemporary populist discontent and the 1930s. There is, however, one other aspect of the ‘30s which might be important to...
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Opinion: Principles before policies
Long ago, I stood at the podium of party assembly in Blackpool and asked our parliamentary spokesman on economic affairs, then Richard Wainwright, what he and his colleagues were doing to advance the...
View ArticleOpinion: It was one week ago today but it feels like longer
View image | gettyimages.com We have been here before. My last full time commitments with the party were the back-to-back by-elections of 1982 that saw us make significant gains on the Tories and beat...
View ArticleThe sudden death of Liberal England
I joined the Liberal Party the day of Margaret Thatcher’s first victory. I will be leaving its successor party the day after I return a spoiled ballot in the election for the next party leader. As a...
View ArticleReferenda need not offer binary choices
It might well be that the United Kingdom, or its successor rump state of England and Wales, will be relying on the skills of the New Zealand’s trade negotiators to help shape the Brexit agreement with...
View ArticleReclamation, not realignment
Regular readers of LDV have recently been reminded of similarities between contemporary populist discontent and the 1930s. There is, however, one other aspect of the ‘30s which might be important to...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Opinion: Principles before policies
Long ago, I stood at the podium of party assembly in Blackpool and asked our parliamentary spokesman on economic affairs, then Richard Wainwright, what he and his colleagues were doing to advance the...
View ArticleOpinion: It was one week ago today but it feels like longer
View image | gettyimages.com We have been here before. My last full time commitments with the party were the back-to-back by-elections of 1982 that saw us make significant gains on the Tories and beat...
View ArticleThe sudden death of Liberal England
I joined the Liberal Party the day of Margaret Thatcher’s first victory. I will be leaving its successor party the day after I return a spoiled ballot in the election for the next party leader. As a...
View ArticleReferenda need not offer binary choices
It might well be that the United Kingdom, or its successor rump state of England and Wales, will be relying on the skills of the New Zealand’s trade negotiators to help shape the Brexit agreement with...
View ArticleReclamation, not realignment
Regular readers of LDV have recently been reminded of similarities between contemporary populist discontent and the 1930s. There is, however, one other aspect of the ‘30s which might be important to...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Opinion: Principles before policies
Long ago, I stood at the podium of party assembly in Blackpool and asked our parliamentary spokesman on economic affairs, then Richard Wainwright, what he and his colleagues were doing to advance the...
View ArticleOpinion: It was one week ago today but it feels like longer
View image | gettyimages.com We have been here before. My last full time commitments with the party were the back-to-back by-elections of 1982 that saw us make significant gains on the Tories and beat...
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