Time for a general election? Err, no!
I was going to comment on Ming’s ludicrous call for a General Election now that Blair is going, but Jonny Wright has got there first with exactly what I wanted to say. As has been pointed out: we elect...
View ArticleDo we really worry the other parties that much?
First it was Cameron proposing a joint Lib Dem/Tory mayoral candidate in London. Now it is Brown proposing that Lib Dems join his first Labour cabinet. I can’t decide whether it is because they believe...
View ArticleBelieving in PR does not mean that you want any coalition at any cost
Every time the Liberal Democrats refuse to join a coalition they are criticised. The typical responses are things like “I thought you Lib Dems believed in coalitions?” or “How can you support...
View ArticleThe shameful truth behind Donnachadh McCarthy’s demise
In yesterday’s Independent, former Lib Dem member Donnachadh McCarthy slates the Lib Dems in his article “The shameful truth behind the Lib Dems’ demise”. He is wrong on so many counts, but I will...
View ArticleYes, people are talking about the next leader, but it isn’t because they want...
If there is one thing that struck me more than anything at this week’s conference, it is that most people are now genuinely at ease with Ming Campbell’s leadership of the party. It is however also...
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