I'm proud that, in the Liberal Democrats, it is we members who get to make policy. Our twice-yearly federal Conferences really do mean something. Not for us for the US-Convention style week-long rally favoured by the Conservatives or, indeed, the equally redundant annual gathering of the Labour Party.

No, in...

The government's Health and Social Care Bill needs to be binned and Andrew Lansley needs to be replaced as the Secretary of State for Health.

After years with this brief (both in opposition and in government) Mr Lansley really should have been better prepared than he apparently was, should have...

So, being a Liberal Democrat isn't as easy as it used to be. That much, at least, is clear.

I joined the party in March 2010, shortly before the most momentous year in its 22-year history.

You remember: The general election , the Leaders' Debates...I agree with Nick...a hung parliament...urgent...

I believe the Occupy protesters outside St Paul's Cathedral in London have now made their point and should go home and allow the Cathedral to be able to function normally again. I have quite a bit of sympathy for their cause but, ultimately, there comes a time when such protests...

One of the many things that makes me proud of Liberal Democrat Ministers in this Government, is the Coalition's commitment to be 'the Greenest Government ever.'
That is, it has to be said, quite a big ask but never before have green policies been more needed than now.

With...

In recent weeks, we've heard and seen the worst of what a small minority of young people have got up to-with the riots and looting in parts of our country.
But we must remember that those who took part in that criminality were exactly that...a small minority.
The...

"Young people desperately need hope."

These were the words uttered to a gathering of Liberal Democrat Cllrs, candidates and activists by our Party's Leader, and the Deputy Prime Minister, Nick Clegg-in Oadby, near Leicester- late last week.
He was responding to the shocking and tragic events of the...