There are moments when Parliament must intervene not because it is politically convenient, but because failure to act would be morally indefensible. This is one of those moments. Lawyers representing ...

This phrase, or variants of it, has a long history and invokes different meaning to different people. We all need to realise what we may mean by it is not what those who hear it understand by it. The ...

This week, there were nine local council by-elections, from all over the country. Three local by-elections did not have a Liberal Democrat candidate. We start in the Highlands, where wewere able to ...

I read a lot of posts and articles from people who try to dissect the reasoning behind Russia’s illegal invasion of Ukraine. Some conclude that it is simply a geopolitical squabble between two ...

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 ...

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 ...

Government must declare a national emergency and offer flu jabs unconditionally” Following news that resident doctors have voted to strike from Wednesday in England, and following surging rates of ...

The Liberal Democrat team took first prize at the annual Press Gallery quiz in Westminster last night. Our five triumphant heroes are David Heath MP, LDHQ head of policy Christian Moon and special ...

The Liberal Democrats exist to build and safeguard a fair, free and open society, in which we seek to balance the fundamental values of liberty, equality and community, and in which no one shall be ...

There are few current issues more emotive than that of immigration, so I wanted to take a dispassionate view of the future ...

It was buried in the depths of The Economist’s ‘2026 Outlook’, and I almost missed it. Could there really be a Liberal Democrat leadership election in 2026? It feels an odd thing to say, 17 months ...

No one should be trapped in poverty. That’s a principle that is core to our identity as Liberal Democrats. Another is trust—trusting people to manage their own lives, with the government stepping in ...