Keynesian Liberal

Bradford West is such a maverick constituency, and George Galloway such a maverick candidate, that I doubt if many nationally relevant lesso...

What has been striking about the coalition thus far is how wonderfully useful it has been for its dominant partner. The Lib Dems attract a...

There is much with which I agree in the " Founding Position Statement " of the Liberal Left.Our current leaders have indeed "...

Apparently David Cameron called Ed Miliband a hypocrite in parliament this week, but had to withdraw because you're not allowed to be so...

Yesterday I received a letter from Diana Wallis, one of our Liberal Democrat MEPs for Yorkshire, saying that, after twelve and a half years...

A commentator has noted that, whereas 2011 was the year of "get Nick Clegg" the media has now moved on and the 2012 target is to b...

One of the problems I've experienced of being a dedicated Liberal/Liberal Democrat supporter is that I've spent a lot of time defend...

There is an insurance company which advertises that it won't make a drama out of a crisis (or maybe the other way round - I'm not s...

I am an admirer of the BBC, believe it to be reasonable, impartial and objective, and that it should be defended at all costs against the as...

As Tony Benn was so fond of pointing out years ago, the British media, and, indeed, many politicians themselves, prefer discussing personal...

I have sympathy with some but by no means all of the three million or so public service workers who are expected to strike today. As I und...

In the Epilogue to his one-volume gallop through English history Simon Jenkins, having discussed "game changers" such as Cromwell,...

Today is United Nations Day, though no-one seems to be taking much notice. During the first 20 minutes of the Six O'clock News on Radio...

The "revelations" in Alistair Darling's memoirs do nothing to enhance the British public's respect for politicians and the...

Statements in the past few days have caused me to feel a surge of pride in our Liberal Democrats in government. First Vince Cable is proc...

Ed Miliband has a achieved a minor "clause four" moment by persuading the Labour Parliamentary Party to let him rather than them c...

There is a classic film, I think it is Casablanca , in which most of the action takes place in a bar/gambling club which is regularly frequ...

When DSK was arrested I was walking in the Isle of Wight with a group of French friends. Without exception they all (even two who said they...

The title is "Church and State." When Prince Charles came to enhance the independence celebrations in Papua New Guinea in 1975 the...

Vince Cable seems to take two steps forwards and then one step back (that is what the title is meant to say: I'm still hoping for a tran...