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• On the Possibility Jo Swinson Loses Her East Dunbartonshire Seat Next Week…

  When the General Election campaign kicked off there was some general enthusiasm for the notion that Boris Johnson could actually lose his seat in parliament to... Read more

  Posted on 04 December 2019 CURRENT, SOCIETY

• On Being a Lib Dem Voter in a Tight Labour/Conservative Marginal…

  For the first time in my General Election voting life, I do not know for sure who is going to be elected in the seat where I reside. Read more

  Posted on 22 November 2019 CURRENT, SOCIETY

• On the Lib Dem Chances in Chelmsford…

  Back in the day (well 2017) I actually got paid to write columns about constituency betting. Due to contractual reasons I can’t do that anymore but I can of... Read more

  Posted on 21 November 2019 CURRENT, SOCIETY

• On Whether the UK is Ready for a Strong Female Leader Like Jo Swinson to Be Prim...

  Three years ago Donald J. Trump became the 45th President of the United States. Each person to have been elected to that position has had a penis and a pair of... Read more

  Posted on 21 November 2019 CURRENT, SOCIETY

• On ITV and BBC Allowing Themselves to Be Bullied by Jeremy Corbyn and Boris...

  I’m pissed. Not in an alcoholic way for I am still tee-total but in a more angry sense. As I’ve gotten older I believe I’ve become wiser to the world around me. Read more

  Posted on 18 November 2019 CURRENT, SOCIETY

• On Whether the Canturbury Situation is Jo Swinson’s ‘Gay Sex’ Issue…

  Two and a half years ago or so Theresa May called a General Election in an attempt to get a stonking majority, crush Jeremy Corbyn and get her vision of Brexit... Read more

  Posted on 13 November 2019 CURRENT, SOCIETY

• On Chuka Umunna’s Future Now He’s a Liberal Democrat MP…

  It didn’t come as any surprise when I saw the tweet last night that the former Labour and ChangeUK had announced that he was joining the Lib Dems. Read more

  Posted on 14 June 2019 CURRENT, SOCIETY

• On Femi Oluwole and His Labour Voting Intentions Despite Their Love for Brexit…

  When you are the self-styled voice of Remain, one of the things you have to do is be consistent in that voting that way is pretty darn important. Read more

  Posted on 15 May 2019 CURRENT, SOCIETY

• On Having One Mildly Successful Tweet…

  If you are reading this then I suspect there is a decent chance that you know me or at the very least follow me on twitter. In that case you’ll know I’m pretty... Read more

  Posted on 23 April 2019 CURRENT, SOCIETY

• On Layla Moran, Domestic Abuse and the Sexist Lack of Lib Dem Outrage…

  Equality is an easy word to comprehend but sometimes not an easy word to live-by. Treating people equally should be something that is second nature but the trut... Read more

  Posted on 25 March 2019 CURRENT, SOCIETY

• On the Depressing Road to Where Reasonable Politics Goes to Die…

  On Monday (or was it Tuesday?) whenever it was, 14 Labour MPs walked through the government lobbies in an attempt to ensure Brexit happens on March 29,... Read more

  Posted on 31 January 2019 CURRENT, SOCIETY

• On Renewing My Lib Dem Membership in the Age of Brexit and Corbynmania…

  This wasn’t a slam dunk decision. Since moving away from my local party in 2017 where I was relatively active, albeit in the background, I haven’t attended any... Read more

  Posted on 28 December 2018 CURRENT, SOCIETY

• On Why Those Who Want to #FireJamesFranklin Need to Get in the Sea…

  Sports. Sports. Sports. Oh how it brings joy and how it brings deep deep sorrow. It is the latter that it uppermost in my mind this Sunday as last night (or... Read more

  Posted on 30 September 2018 CURRENT, SOCIETY

• On Tuition Fees Being a More Important Issue Than Racism…

  The following is a conversation that may or may not have happened over social media last night following the Survation poll that put UKIP ahead of the Lib... Read more

  Posted on 05 September 2018 CURRENT, SOCIETY

• On Kate Hoey and Vauxhall Labour…

  Kate Hoey and the constituents of Vauxhall are one of my pet projects on twitter. Every time the MP makes a statement about Brexit or votes for as hard a... Read more

  Posted on 27 July 2018 CURRENT, SOCIETY

• On Late Night Poker…

  Whilst reading ESPN the other day I came across a link talking about Phil Hellmuth Jr. winning yet another World Series of Poker bracelet and it started taking... Read more

  Posted on 16 July 2018 CURRENT, SOCIETY

• On Nick Clegg’s Comments Re: Freedom of Movement in the Financial Times…

  The last time I took any interest in the figures, the Lib Dems had around 100,000 members. It would probably be fair to say that I’m in the top 1% of those... Read more

  Posted on 17 June 2018 CURRENT, SOCIETY

• On the Lewisham East By-election Result…

  When this by-election was called, the conventional wisdom was that Labour would win with around 50% of the vote, the Lib Dems would put their by-election game... Read more

  Posted on 15 June 2018 CURRENT, SOCIETY

• On Watching a Parent Litter in Front of Their Kids…

  On Sunday I got a bit riled up. I’d nipped out to the supermarket to grab myself some goodies and dinner. It was a lovely day and the stroll into town was... Read more

  Posted on 08 May 2018 CURRENT, SOCIETY

• On Lib Dem Targeting…

  First things first, when I started to write this blog post I had to work out whether it was targeting or targetting. I always thought it was the latter but... Read more

  Posted on 09 April 2018 CURRENT, SOCIETY