The first 100 days of the Trump Administration has been among the most consequential in American history. Consequential does not necessarily mean good. In this case, it means very, very bad. Let’s ...

As usual, the Liberal Democrats are not getting the coverage we deserve for some pretty spectacular election results. The BBC spent most of its coverage talking up Reform, Lewis Goodall on the News ...

We have much to be pleased about. As I write Lib Dems have 327 Council places, up 131 on the previous results in those seats. The big story, of course, is that Reform has gained 575 while the ...

Results have been relatively quiet overnight. And there is a hiatus this morning until the next wave of results start after lunch. Most Councils are counting today, which makes sense from a human ...

I’m challenging myself with a prediction of how the local elections will pan out. Admittedly, I don’t quite have the time or energy to go through each ward of each council up for election in England ...

Ed Davey sounded a confident note with his close of poll statement: We are expecting to see big gains against the Conservatives in their former Middle England heartlands. Last year the Liberal ...

Our Party is working on strategy for the next Parliament and, I hope, beyond. A key part of business strategy is assessment of risk.  A major element in risk is competition – what will competitors do ...

I’ll start by thanking Hugh Andrew for his excellent LDV post from the 23 rd April – ‘A thief in the night’, which I completely agree with. I’m old enough to remember the Napster file ...

The polls open in eight and a half hours. I hope that all the bundling is done and the Eve of Polls are out and all campaigners are tucked up in bed sleeping soundly ahead of an early start with the ...

Council tax is one of the most outdated and unfair taxes in the UK today — and yet it continues to underpin the finances of every local authority in the country. The system we use now was introduced ...

Thank you and good luck Due to an impressive collective effort, our candidate tally for this May’s elections is our best ...