Enough has been written by more experienced observers than me to make it worthwhile to rehash the arguments already made about this year’s local election results. It is clear that the overall headline ...

I’ve been reflecting on the events of 7 th May, the election cycle that dominated the entire country, especially Scotland. UK-wide, the political landscape is widely acknowledged to have changed ...

The Liberal Democrats have a growing urban problem and pretending otherwise will only make it worse. Last week’s local election results exposed something many campaigners in cities have felt for some ...

I’ve heard the calls a few times now, “if only we’d fought Gorton and Denton”, or “the local party got screwed over by HQ”, but as someone who was there coordinating the local party’s activity in the ...

Political leadership is about changing the public agenda. Keir Starmer has failed to sway public opinion on major issues. Nigel Farage has been a much more effective political leader, albeit for a ...

On the 7th May, while we made some good gains in Scotland, and held strong in some areas in England, there are many who have left these elections feeling dissatisfied with their current results. While ...

Although the party consolidated our voter base in areas such as Surrey, Hertfordshire and Cambridgeshire at the local elections, something which stuck out to me was the way that despite the best ...

These local elections were successful for many, and yes, we should be celebrating. But as someone who fought in Central London — a Zone 1 ward, as central as it gets — I can’t honestly say I feel ...

In many ways, the 2026 Senedd election was historic. Wales is the first country in Great Britain to adopt proportional representation, utilising the D'Hondt voting system over a Mixed Member voting ...

With Josh Simons’ resignation on Thursday, the starting gun on the 2026 Labour leadership election was (sort of) finally fired.  There is now a theoretical, if muddy, path for Andy Burnham to re-enter ...

In the elections on May 7th, Salford Lib Dems suffered an unexpected setback. We lost one of our two councillors (I’m the one who remains), and we came third and fourth out of five in our two target ...

Britons don’t know what the Liberal Democrats consider the most important issue facing the country. Compared against Labour, Conservative, Green and Reform, the electorate have the poorest recall on ...