The former Liberal Democrat leader tells Camilla Tominey that re-joining the EU is an unrealistic proposition and that the UK should instead focus on building new relationships with the bloc.
The Education Department treats universities like poorly performing secondary schools, and now intervenes in them so much that the ONHS may well propose bringing them into the public sector.
A key problem for Farron’s party is that Labour is competitive among young people – many of whom have not forgiven it for tuition fees.
Their opponents often deploy arguments that are simply out of date.
Not just in terms of personnel, but in terms of age.
At our Post-Election Conference, UKIP’s only MP was put on the spot, and others were applauded as they outlined great things which can now be achieved.
The traditional function of the third party in British politics has been to sweep up the protest vote, thus protecting the parties of power
“I notice that Standard and Poor is expressing quite serious worries on that front.”
“We’re very pleased about the way this has been priced and valued. The whole purpose of this exercise is to think long term.”
I wrote yesterday about the fundamental division within the Lib Dems between the Liberals and the SDP: “Any political party is a coalition of sorts – we Conservatives certainly have plenty of tribes of our own, who disagree about plenty of issues. But Lib Demmery is a more divided creed than most. Having been […]
By Mark WallaceFollow Mark on Twitter. Readers may recognise the two faces above. One is an ancient, grumpy and rather self-centred creature which claims to know secrets unavailable to ordinary mortals. The other is the Psammead, from Edith Nesbit's Five Children and It. The cantankerous Psammead promises its audience that their fantastical wishes can come true – […]
By Mark WallaceFollow Mark on Twitter. Most of the focus on the Spending Review has been on the practicalities, rather than on the element of showmanship involved. It's obviously important to establish properly agreed spending plans for each department through the Coalition's full term in office. But there's also a hefty political element on the Chancellor's part […]
By Peter HoskinFollow Peter on Twitter Here at ConHome, we’ve tended to mention the areas of political overlap between Labour and the Lib Dems. Indeed, Paul Goodman highlighted two such areas – pensioner benefits and the mansion tax – only last week. But there are now so many examples, with new ones by the day, that […]
The fourth part of a ConHome series this week on Levelling Up as the Government’s White Paper nears publication.