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This coming week will see the Public Spending Review: probably the most difficult test of this Labour government since it was elected a year ago. The Chancellor, Rachel Reeves, will be attacked from ...
Lib Dems slam Labour’s defence of rail funding injustice as “desperate” Cole-Hamilton: Fix care to fix the NHS Scot Lib Dems comment on road death figures Lib Dems slam Labour’s defence of ...
I can’t believe that it is a decade today since we lost Charles Kennedy. I don’t think I’ll ever forget the moment I first heard the news and how upset I and so many others felt.
Just a few years ago it looked like our country was moving in the right direction. There was a broad consensus for trans ...
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Tomorrow, there is a Scottish Parliament by-election in Hamilton, Larkhall and Stonehouse which was caused by the very sad ...
This week may have seen a Parliamentary by-election, in Scotland, but there is plenty to report on the local election front, with eight principal local authority polls, each with a Liberal Democrat ...
Just a year ago we won the Parliamentary seat of Wokingham with a huge swing. And today, as a result of a Council by-election, we have gained overall control of Wokingham Borough Council. By the way, ...
As the Labour Party prepares to make devastating cuts to disability support, the Mayor of London has remained conspicuously silent. While Labour leaders in other parts of the country have spoken out, ...
The past week has been an eventful one vis a vis discourses relating to the Indo Pacific.  It started for me at a round table held at RUSI’s HQ in Whitehall on Thursday 29th June on the topic of “UK & ...
I authored an opinion piece examining the measures the Welsh Liberal Democrats must undertake to avert total defeat in the 2026 Senedd elections. This piece advocates for a renewed emphasis on ...
Over the weekend, the SNP Government’s decision to withhold a £2.5 million Scottish Enterprise grant for a Clyde-based submarine welding centre laid bare its flawed approach to defence and industrial ...