However much I love Vince Cable, I can’t let his comments urging people to vote tactically for Labour in the forthcoming ...

British politics has developed a curious allergy to compromise. To concede ground is framed as weakness. To negotiate is to betray. To meet an opponent halfway is, we are told, to have no convictions ...

One of the highlights of the Edinburgh Lib Dems social calendar is the South Edinburgh Burns Supper which I’ve been going to for probably 15 years now. I have seen Alex Cole-Hamilton dressed as a ...

In America, it is conventional political wisdom that the campaign for their next presidential election begins the day after the last one. A recent opinion poll suggests that half of Americans are ...

One of the most important questions in politics is a simple one: do those in power trust people to make decisions for themselves? Not to always decide wisely, not to always choose outcomes that ...

Statement given to @TimesRadio from Lib Dem leader pic.twitter.com/9lnWHkGvWE — Cathy Newman (@cathynewman) February 6, 2026 Note that we are not allowing comments because of the pending ...

This week, there were two principal council by-elections. Only one contest had a Liberal Democrat candidate. In the seaside town of Clevedon, where Labour was attempting to defend this seat, they ...

Slightly left field interview here with Carl Cashman, Leader of the Lib Dems on Liverpool City Council. Is he correct?

By-elections invite panic. Turnout drops, narratives harden fast, and parties start talking as if politics is a single emergency in which only one “responsible” outcome is acceptable. The coming ...

Three Politicians who walked into a bar? “Mine’s a pint of Red!” declaimed the Socialist.  “For Society, Fairness and Solidarity.  With Labour in charge, of course!” “Beg pardon” said the Liberal “but ...

Jim Wallace and his successor Liam McArthur. Liam worked for Jim as a Special Adviser when he was First Minister. You can see ...