When I first got involved in blogging, I came across the force of nature that is Mark Cole. At the time, back in 2009, he was Mayor of Cardigan at the age of just 26. He left the Council in search of ...

There are 7 principal council by-elections held across England, Scotland, and Wales this week; with a combined of 3 Labour, 2 Lib Dem, 1 Conservative, and 1 Green Party defence. Seats changed ...

Steve Bannon has become the latest high profile political figure to give a fascist salute, with this one coming during the increasingly extreme CPAC convention. I suspect that if a decade ago, you ...

The past week has seen three big appearances from Lib Dems. You used to go weeks without anyone so it’s great to see that we have a bigger profile and that there are multiple opportunities for ...

The doubting Tories Weekly Road Report - West End Ward #dundeewestend The Joy of Six 1325 How populists win culture battles while losing the culture war - The Week in Polls ...

Christine Jardine was described by Labour MP Nadia Whittome as having “long been ahead of many in this House when it comes to equalities issues, including being outspoken in support of the ...

It is becoming increasingly clear that the only thing standing between Trump and unfettered power is the American judicial system. His spineless acolytes in the Republican Party control both ...

Alison is very diplomatic above. And I completely endorse what she says about our efforts to work as “one party”. But this motion is the very opposite of that. We’ve just seen our most ...

We need to be careful about how local papers report results where Reform do reasonably well. There was also a town council election in Taunton (Lyngford) which the Liberal Democrats held with ...

We are not a high tax country compared to many others, as the OBR and IFS have been saying for the last couple of years. Conservative propaganda always plays this to people’s feelings and I was ...

In Part 1, I introduced some ideas about how we beat populism, focusing on immigration. Today, I am going to look at the NHS, the economy and our political system. The NHS is under siege, and the ...

If you asked someone a few years ago which party formed a British government wanting to exempt AI firms from having to adhere to copyright laws and joining the Trump government in refusing to ...