Most people who join a political party at some point or other seek to gain elected office. First to be elected as a ...

The Additional Member System (AMS), otherwise known as Mixed Member Proportional (MMP), is one of the leading contenders as a Proportional Representation system for UK General Elections. However, as ...

Dogs, cats and ferrets across the world have cause to be grateful to Lib Dem MP Danny Chambers. His Bill preventing puppy smuggling and trafficking of heavily pregnant animals received Royal Assent ...

I am just quickly posting this now in between appointments and I will do some commentary later. The Federal Returning Officer Crispin Allard sent this email out giving the results of the Federal ...

In her Budget Statement the Chancellor of the Exchequer stated one of her aims was to cut waiting lists in the NHS. According to a survey by the Times newspaper earlier this year it was estimated that ...

There was much in Rachel Reeves’ Budget last week for Liberal Democrats to criticise. The freezing of the income tax bands is a stealth tax. It will gradually push many people over time into higher ...

All the debate in the press on the “right” to a jury trial in England (and Wales?) has been interesting from a Scottish perspective. In Scotland, the vast majority of criminal cases are tried in the ...

Just like so many people, I went through much of my life following the politics I grew up with. Growing up in Wales, this was nationally Labour. ​After years of following the Labour ideology without ...

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I don’t think Federal Council ever fully found its feet. And I think one of the fundamental reasons for this is that we never really understood what it was for. Was it intended only as an emergency ...

As leaders gather in London today for urgent talks on Ukraine, one truth should sit at the heart of every discussion: this is ...