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LATEST ARTICLES ( 418 )

• On Whether Tim Farron’s ‘decided to Quit Before the GE’ Confession Adds Up…

  I’m not a cynical person by nature. Wait no, that is a lie. I’m extremely cynical and when bleary eyed this morning I sat there on the sofa and saw the news tha... Read more

  Posted on 14 July 2017 CURRENT, SOCIETY

• On the Women’s Lacrosse World Cup That Started in Guildford Yesterday…

  I get many press releases come in through the e-mail address associated with this blog and I rarely do much with them. However once in a while I see something... Read more

  Posted on 13 July 2017 CURRENT, SOCIETY

• On the Festering Civil War That Has the Potential to Blow Apart the Lib Dems…

  Gee Neil. That seems like a bit of a sensationalist headline, do you work for The Sun? Well that is an interesting question disembodied voice that lives only... Read more

  Posted on 04 July 2017 CURRENT, SOCIETY

• On Why We Should Be Rejoicing the Fact Vince Cable Actually Wants the Job…

  ‘Nobody wants Vince Cable’ so says a vast twitter echo chamber. Oh to be sure that you and your friends speak for everyone. I wish I had that type of certainty... Read more

  Posted on 29 June 2017 CURRENT, SOCIETY

• On Vince Cable’s Chances at Being Lib Dem Leader…

  So the first candidate to throw their hat into the ring is Vince Cable. The MP for Twickenham has government experience and is the most known of the potential... Read more

  Posted on 20 June 2017 CURRENT, SOCIETY

• On the Seeming Rush to Get the Lib Dem Leadership Contest Underway…

  Tim Farron resigned last night. You may have seen the news. I missed it live because I was eating some battered cod. True story. Read more

  Posted on 15 June 2017 CURRENT, SOCIETY

• On Tim Farron’s Performance in the 2017 Lib Dem General Election Campaign…

  I wrote in dispatches about this yesterday, certainly Tim’s problem with the gay sex question. I will reiterate that I don’t think it is fair that he (or anyone... Read more

  Posted on 14 June 2017 CURRENT, SOCIETY

• On the 2017 Liberal Democrat Campaign…

  I want to preface whatever I write in this blog post with I don’t think anyone can say any campaign manager, any campaigner or any activist didn’t really go... Read more

  Posted on 13 June 2017 CURRENT, SOCIETY

• On the Despair of Losing Nick Clegg and the Moment My View of Liberalism Died…

  This is not going to be upbeat folks.Nick Clegg is the reason I’m involved in politics. Plain and simple. His view of the world and what is worth campaigning fo... Read more

  Posted on 12 June 2017 CURRENT, SOCIETY

• Tory Candidate James Duddridge Doesn’t Understand the Blue Badge System and...

  

  I’m pissed off folks. Pissed off.James Duddridge has been my MP since I moved to Thorpe Bay in 2010. He is standing to get that job once again next week. He is... Read more

  Posted on 02 June 2017 CURRENT, SOCIETY

• On Tuition Fees and How the Tories and Labour Both Love This Issue…

  Oh tuition fees. The millstone around the neck of the Lib Dems. We all know what happened. The Lib Dems pledged not to vote for an increase in tuition fees. Read more

  Posted on 17 May 2017 CURRENT, SOCIETY

• On the Lib Dems Being 3/1 to Beat Kate Hoey and Win Vauxhall…

  They’ll be a multitude of interesting individual seat contests up and down the United Kingdom over the next few weeks but one that will really show just how... Read more

  Posted on 25 April 2017 CURRENT, SOCIETY

• On Tim Farron and His Gay Sex Issue…

  Oh dear. Here we go again. It is like waking up in the morning only to find that you are in Groundhog Day (or to use a much cooler reference Window of... Read more

  Posted on 24 April 2017 CURRENT, SOCIETY

• On Michael Eisner’s Proposed Takeover of Portsmouth Football Club…

  Being a Pompey fan has never been easy. The fun and enjoyment has often been drowned out by pain and misery but that doesn’t stop a fan caring deeply about his... Read more

  Posted on 12 April 2017 CURRENT, SOCIETY

• On the Lib Dems Continuing Strong Support in London – at 20% in Latest Poll

  

  Last month I wrote about how the Lib Dems were at 23% in the London sub section of a YouGov Poll. Well today I’ve seen another YouGov poll breakdown and even... Read more

  Posted on 11 April 2017 CURRENT, SOCIETY

• On Why Labour Are Currently in a Crisis – Edition #396…

  So I’m there having a perusal of the Guardian website today and I click on a story about the 1997 Election triumph of the party. Read more

  Posted on 11 April 2017 CURRENT, SOCIETY

• On Jeremy Corbyn’s Continued Obliviousness to the Issue That Matters Most to Mos...

  Jeremy Corbyn has been one of the political heavyweights of the past 18 months. He came from left field to sweep to power as the leader of the Labour party and... Read more

  Posted on 04 April 2017 CURRENT, SOCIETY

• On the Fratton Yankees…(2017 Edition)

  It is that time of year, the time of year where I write a blog post about my fantasy baseball team that not even ten people will read. Read more

  Posted on 04 April 2017 CURRENT, SOCIETY

• On the ‘special’ Relationship Between Trump and the UK…

  Since Donald Trump has been elected as the 45th president of the United States and the rest of the world watched that hand-holding moment between Theresa May an... Read more

  Posted on 03 April 2017 CURRENT, SOCIETY

• On Nick Clegg, Timing and the Chance of a Political Comeback…

  Oh what could have been…I didn’t watch last nights Question Time Brexit Special because well, I tend to not watch Question Time in general but also a mate poppe... Read more

  Posted on 28 March 2017 CURRENT, SOCIETY