My mother died last year. She was an amazing woman, as an academic, a mother, a mountaineer and much more. But her breast cancer had metastasised to her stomach and abdomen, killing her. But because ...

Bravery takes you through the most unimaginable hardships to finally reward you with victory. Ukrainian President Volodomyr Zelenskyy Three years ago the Russian invasion of Ukraine became too loud ...

Commenting on the third anniversary of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, Liberal Democrat leader Ed Davey said: For three years, the brave Ukrainian people have heroically defended their country ...

Germany faces a test at its 2025 federal election. Following the atrocities of the National Socialists, will enough Germans be willing to support far-right politics to the extent that the Eurosceptic, ...

Young Liberals held our first Conference of 2025!  Unfortunately, due to issues with our venue, we had to cancel our plans to ...

History offers a sobering lesson. Winston Churchill warned of the perils of underinvestment in defence long before the threat of Nazi aggression materialized. His insistence on prioritising military ...

I cannot recall a government that has lost its sheen so quickly. Let down after let down, disappointment after disappointment. Winter Fuel Payments, keeping the two child benefit cap, kicking social ...

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 ...

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 ...

Volodomyr Zelensky has had a tough job since February 2022. And since the election of Donald Trump it has become a whole lot tougher. In just the past ten days the American president and his acolytes ...

There are 6 principal councils by-elections this week held across England and Scotland. Labour suffered big losses vote share wise but managed to hold 3 out of 4 of their seats, losing one to the SNP.

I wrote in Lib Dem Voice about the need for a governance review of the English Party. I urged consideration of what functions of the State party could be better delivered at a Federal level, recognisi ...