Liberal Democrat Voice1h
How we’re using our alternative Council budget to take the fight to Labour
I cannot recall a government that has lost its sheen so quickly. Let down after let down, disappointment after disappointment. Winter Fuel Payments, keeping the two child benefit cap, kicking social ...
Liberal Democrat Voice6d
Vince Cable writes…Standing up to Trump
The doubting Tories Weekly Road Report - West End Ward #dundeewestend The Joy of Six 1325 How populists win culture battles while losing the culture war - The Week in Polls ...
Liberal Democrat Voice5d
Like a broken clock, even JD Vance can be right sometimes
The doubting Tories Weekly Road Report - West End Ward #dundeewestend The Joy of Six 1325 How populists win culture battles while losing the culture war - The Week in Polls ...
Liberal Democrat Voice6d
Three big moments for senior Lib Dems in the media
The past week has seen three big appearances from Lib Dems. You used to go weeks without anyone so it’s great to see that we have a bigger profile and that there are multiple opportunities for ...
Liberal Democrat Voice8d
ALDC’s by-election report – 13 February
There are 7 principal council by-elections held across England, Scotland, and Wales this week; with a combined of 3 Labour, 2 Lib Dem, 1 Conservative, and 1 Green Party defence. Seats changed ...
Liberal Democrat Voice13d
ALDC by-election Report, 6th February
We need to be careful about how local papers report results where Reform do reasonably well. There was also a town council election in Taunton (Lyngford) which the Liberal Democrats held with ...
Liberal Democrat Voice8d
Christine Jardine: At the centre of the culture wars are people who just want to live their lives
Christine Jardine was described by Labour MP Nadia Whittome as having “long been ahead of many in this House when it comes to equalities issues, including being outspoken in support of the ...
Liberal Democrat Voice7d
Tom Arms’ World Review
It is becoming increasingly clear that the only thing standing between Trump and unfettered power is the American judicial system. His spineless acolytes in the Republican Party control both ...
Liberal Democrat Voice12d
William Wallace writes: Spending Cuts or Tax Increases? Can we avoid the choice?
We are not a high tax country compared to many others, as the OBR and IFS have been saying for the last couple of years. Conservative propaganda always plays this to people’s feelings and I was ...
Liberal Democrat Voice14d
The speech Ed Davey should have made on the EU
Hats off to Ed Davey for calling for an EU/UK customs union. Last month’s call rightly attracted media attention, and amounts to the first step towards the Lib Dems re-establishing ourselves as ...
Liberal Democrat Voice11d
It’s time to practice what we preach
Alison is very diplomatic above. And I completely endorse what she says about our efforts to work as “one party”. But this motion is the very opposite of that. We’ve just seen our most ...
Liberal Democrat Voice12d
Why populism thrives and how we beat it – Part 2
In Part 1, I introduced some ideas about how we beat populism, focusing on immigration. Today, I am going to look at the NHS, the economy and our political system. The NHS is under siege, and the ...