Like you, I’m an advocate of taxing differently, so as to stimulate economic growth in a fair and sustainable way. We shouldn’t be taxing workers and businesses more. Every Lib Dem Conference I’m ...
We have a new Prime Minister, Andy Burnham, who has successfully pulled off a bloodless coup more akin to the Glorious than the French Revolution. However, now he is in office, he cannot escape the ...
“He’s not the Messiah,” a voice from the Conservative benches heckled during Andy Burnham’s swearing-in. Quite right. Britain doesn’t need another political saviour. We’ve spent far too long investing ...
This month gave us two AI stories that, read side by side, tell us something important about where we are and how little time, we must decide what to do about it. The first is unsettling in a very ...
There are growing signs that Donald Trump is preparing the ground for a challenge to close congressional election results in the mid-terms. Several election law experts have warned about Republican ...
In his first interview as Labour’s presumptive Prime Minister, Andy Burnham told the Sunday Times that one issue kept coming up on the doorstep in Makerfield: the frozen £12,570 personal allowance. He ...
When people talk about London and London politics, they more often than not immediately think of the Mayor of London. And over the years we have had some high profile characters such as Ken ...
Idiot’ or assorted synonyms for ‘stupid’ have been used to criticise those who do not vote. ‘Idiot’ itself is derived from the Greek ‘ἰδιώτης’ referring to anything personal or ‘private’ individuals ...
Do you know someone within the party who should be recognised for what they do? Every year at Conference the President presents awards to some very special people within the party. Now is the right ...
The British political establishment will be pulling off another stunning magic trick. With Sir Keir Starmer’s departure from Downing Street, the Labour Party has crowned its new leader, and Andy ...
One of the few clearly articulated commitments which Andy Burnham has made is “the biggest council house building programme ...