In the days following the General Election, the Liberal Democrat Party changed drastically. In Part Four, I looked at how Labour should treat the Lib Dems in a temporary coalition, now in Part five I intend to look at the party in the longer term. In a Politics Show debate between the three prospective chancellors, [...]
At the start of the hung parliament, our instincts told us that the coalition would be unstable and probably break down within a year or two. Be it out of No Confidence from parliament or confidence that the Tories could win a majority alone, as Harold Wilson did in 1964. On the contrary, everything we [...]
I watched the government change in 90 minutes last tuesday. It was quite a powerful moment, I think, for everybody involved, whether Labour, Tory or Lib Dem. It will also be my first taste of Opposition, and although I am sure many of my Labour colleagues will be panicking; and indeed with Gordon Brown’s immediate [...]
Three months after David Cameron held a public meeting in Bath, Nick Clegg, better known as leader of the Shadow Conservative Party, has managed to find time in his busy, busy, schedule to do likewise. When Cameron came to visit, the Lib Dems criticised the Tories over the amount of information participants were asked to [...]
Mark Reckons has commented on David Cameron’s proposal of a Tory / Liberal Democrat alliance. (Here’s the link to that) In his piece, Mark shrewdly challenges Cameron to “prove it!” (Something the media tend to forget) and suggest that if the Tories are serious about an alliance, they should back Proportional Representation, no, sorry; he [...]
While many dismissed Nick Clegg’s article in the times as self-important waffle, as they do with everything Nick Clegg says, they have also missed the fundamental point he was trying to make. The point is that Labour, since the downfall of the Liberals, has been the party of the many and not just the few. [...]
Further to my previous posts here and here regarding the controversial decision to invite the BNP to speak at a debate on the European Elections of June 4th 2009, this is my account of what occured at the meeting. Arriving at about 1830 (I had aimed to get there at 1800, but the bus hit [...]
There have been some changes to the BRLSI event regarding the hustings for the European Elections. In light of the wave of walkouts lead by Labour’s Glyn Ford MEP, followed by Lib Dem Graham Watson MEP and Green Party Ricky Knight who all refused to share a platform with the British National Party candidate Jeremy [...]
Glyn Ford, Labour MEP for the South West, came to Bath yesterday and told me an interesting story about a debate due to happen in Bath. Glyn Ford MEP and Hattie Ajderian, Labour PPC for Bath. It seems that Unlock Democracy (formerly Charter 88) has been organising a Hustings Session at the BRLSI [...]
BATH MP Don Foster has responded to an article in Issue 5 of Impact, regarding his student housing campaign, claiming his policy had been “misrepresented” and that on this occasion, Impact was “plain wrong”. The reply comes after an article that criticised Foster’s stance on student housing, claiming that he was suggesting that “students should [...]
