Ed Davey tells the BBC that defence spending should increase to 2.5% of GDP: As explained in the clip, the increase would be ...

After Tuesday’s Liberal Democrat win, Thursday brought another five principal authority council by-elections, including two with Lib Dems after no candidates before. (This is why that matters.) ...

The latest episode of Never Mind The Bar Charts sees Peter Kellner join me to discuss a new report on what is going wrong with our politics, and the solutions. No surprise then that our conversation ...

Thank you for being a reader. It has been quite the year for Liberal Democrats and with another year under its belt, this newsletter continues to be most likely the longest-running single-authored ...

The combined Agenda & Directory for the Lib Dem Federal Spring Conference coming up in Harrogate is now out. It includes details of all the keynote speeches, debates and more. Also available is the ...

Before my plans rather changed for what to do after my term as Lib Dem President ends on 31 December, I had been contemplating writing a new book, looking at the apparent paradox between the long-term ...

– indicates that party didn’t feature in the polling questions separate from ‘Others’ or that the data is not yet available. Numbers in brackets show change since the previous comparable poll (i.e. by ...

Image by Tasos Lekkas from Pixabay. Welcome to the latest in my occasional series highlighting interesting findings from academic research. Today – Rob Ford and Chris Butler have new research out ...

The latest episode of Never Mind The Bar Charts saw Paula Surridge return to the show, talking about the impact of political values and of perceived competence on recent general elections. We got into ...