A crucial by-election win in Wiltshire sees a Lib Dem/independent coalition retain its slim majority on the council.

Cllr Samantha Williamson (Horwich South and Blackrod ward, Bolton) has decided to join the Liberal Democrats. … Read the full ...

Four principal authority council by-elections this week along with a Parliamentary one too. In the council contests, we say ...

Mark and Cory begin their two-part series on the classic BBC TV series State of Play by discussing episode one.

Mark and Cory conclude their discussion of the classic TV series State of Play. Mark reports back on his correspondence with ...

This letter from me appears in the latest Journal of Liberal History. Oscar-winning American director Joseph Strick also made his mark on British politics with a film for the BBC about the 1966 ...

Here is the full text of Ed Davey’s closing speech at the 2026 Liberal Democrat autumn conference in Brighton: Something big and dangerous is happening in our country. Hundreds of thugs, in black ...

We’re headed to East Germany for this episode: Mark and Cory discuss The Lives of Others, a modern classic about Stasi surveillance in 1980s East Germany. They start off talking about how to cope with ...

The Home Office in Westminster. This Marsham Street photograph is by Steve Cadman and used under the CC BY-SA 2.0 license. The Home Secretary has the power to alter rules over who is allowed into the ...

Liberal Democrat Newswire #214 came out last week and you can now also read it in full below. But if you’d like to get future editions emailed direct to you as soon as they are published, sign up now: ...

A press release from King’s College London brought the news last week: The Lib Dems are the party most liked by their political rivals, according to a new study published ahead of the party’s annual ...

The latest edition of the email newsletter for my podcast, Political Fictions, is out and you can also read it in full below. But if you’d like to get future editions emailed direct to you as soon as ...