Liberal Democrats
Ed Davey’s game plan
Ed Davey owes much of his election success to Boris Johnson – and in more ways than one. The slide-loving,…
Why the Lib Dems did so well
It has been quite a 14 years for the Liberal Democrats – from the coalition in 2010 to near total…
A Lib-Lab coalition would be hilarious
Talk of a new Labour-Lib Dem coalition is in the air. This is piquantly nostalgic to those of us whose…
Why aren’t the Lib Dems doing better?
This weekend, the Liberal Democrats announced that they are mounting a ‘blue wall’ offensive, a campaign aimed at affluent voters…
After Boris: what will politics look like?
Boris Johnson has so dominated politics for the past few years that it is hard to imagine things without him.…
It's time to take the Lib Dems seriously again
As far as seismic by-election results go, North Shropshire is one for the ages. The Tories had held onto the…
The Liberal Democrats have a dangerous vision for the City of London
Liberals have always set great store by laws and declarations. It was joked about Lord Loreburn, the liberal Lord Chancellor…
Can Cole-Hamilton prevent the death of the Scottish Lib Dems?
As expected, Alex Cole-Hamilton has put himself forward to lead the Scottish Lib Dems, announcing his candidacy with an obligatory…
The Tories should ignore the Amersham by-election
Chesham and Amersham has fallen. The once uber-Tory Chilterns citadel has been snatched by the Lib Dems, with local campaigners…
Could the Tories lose the South?
The coming Batley and Spen by-election — triggered by the incumbent MP’s election as the first mayor of West Yorkshire — is currently attracting a…
The Lib Dems' campaigning loophole
Following the sad news on Friday of the Duke of Edinburgh’s death, Liberal Democrat leader Ed Davey tweeted out his condolences writing…
Has Starmer already missed his chance?
Hindsight is the easiest weapon to employ in politics — as Keir Starmer of all people should know. When you…
The new opposition: an interview with Ed Davey
Ed Davey on why the Lib Dems are the only party voting against lockdown laws
Gove hints at vaccine passport app
It wasn’t so long ago that ministers were lining up on broadcast to insists vaccine passports were out of the…
Soft-left squatters have taken over the Lib Dems
I was never afraid of Jeremy Corbyn, never afraid of Momentum. I’ve never really feared Britain’s hard left at all.…
What on earth are the Lib Dems up to?
Jo Swinson is right. Most of the gains that it’s worth her party aiming for would be made at the…
Boris’s fate will be decided by Lib Dem voters
The Tories’ great fear in this campaign is that they can get their vote out, squeeze the Brexit party right…
I’ll vote Lib Dem – but I can’t join them
I don’t believe that before last week I’ve ever quit any organisation on an issue of principle. I tend to…
Eight reasons why I know I’m a Conservative
‘Why don’t you just join the Liberal Democrats?’ If I’ve heard that once in the past couple of years I’ve…
Will turning the Tories into the pro-Leave party pay off for Boris?
An election might still be months away, but the parties have already made their big strategic choices. The Tories and…
Corbynistas in a spin over Lib Dem by-election win
As the Liberal Democrats celebrate their win in the Brecon and Radnorshire by-election, other parties are licking their wounds. The…
My profoundly impractical, unquenchably generous, thoroughly benevolent father
My father Richard, who died last month aged 88, was a profoundly impractical man. He could not drive a car,…
Corbyn isn’t working – and Labour is being picked apart by its new enemies
Protestors on the anti-Brexit marches have sensed an eerie absence. ‘What is it?’ I thought back in March as I…
What Muslims think
Polls suggesting that they sympathise with terrorists are misleading
Peter Oborne’s diary: My Pakistan cricket tour, and what the ‘no’ campaign needs
For the first time since the terrorist attack on the Sri Lankan team six years ago, a Test match side…
