Local government is about competence, stability and delivering reliable public services — not simply making headlines or winning protest votes. That is why the growing instability surrounding Reform ...

For most of the modern political era, economic debate has revolved around one central question: how do we create more jobs? But what happens when technology begins reducing the need for human labour ...

In an Essex district, three excellent candidates stood for election to the county council. Two were experienced councillors, one Labour, one Conservative, well-known, well-liked, well-dug-in to their ...

I, like many in the LGBT+ community am scared right now. I cried yesterday and today about the uncertainty of my future and my friends' futures. If you are cis or trans it doesn’t really matter, it’s ...

When I began my working life, my parents gave me the sage words of advice “never opt out of your pension” and warned that I would be setting myself up to fail long term. They are of course, absolutely ...

Liberator 435 is out and can be downloaded free here: where you can also sign up to be emailed when each new issue of Liberator comes out. This time in addition to Commentary, Radical Bulletin and ...

The fallout from this year’s local elections has sparked an important conversation about where our Party goes next. I was recently one of just eight Lib Dem candidates elected to the Council in ...

Commenting on Keir Starmer’s ‘reset speech’, Welsh Liberal Democrat Westminster Spokesperson David Chadwick MP said: Keir Starmer’s speech today showed just how out of touch Labour has become with ...

Our party is gripped by political timidity. At a time when new parties are gaining traction on the left and the right, we appear to be afraid to explore our historic radicalism. We even seem to be ...

The 2026 Senedd elections have come and gone. Labour is out of power, Plaid is seeking to run a minority government, Reform made many gains, and the Greens have made their Senedd debut. While we were ...

This election has revealed issues with the Party’s messaging approach, policy approach, and electoral distinctiveness. These need to be reckoned with very soon if the Party is going to remain relevant ...

I am clearly not alone in sharing a sense of deflation at the election results UK wide. While in Scotland there was some degree of recovery it was from an appalling position. It is sobering to note we ...