How an alternative to the polls did in 1997
From the Daily Telegraph, 1 May 1997, comes this alternative to opinion polls. … Read the full post »
Read my posts featuring Tony Blair, Labour Prime Minister 1997-2007, when he was succeeded by his Chancellor of the Exchequer, Gordon Brown.
From the Daily Telegraph, 1 May 1997, comes this alternative to opinion polls. … Read the full post »
In the latest episode of Never Mind The Bar Charts, I talk with Duncan Brack, the closest thing the party has to an official historian, about the lessons for the Liberal Democrats from the last time that a Conservative government was defeated. … Read the full post »
How Paddy Ashdown tried to make cross-party cooperation work during his time as Liberal Democrat leader – and the lessons for contemporary politics. … Read the full post »
Knowing why people vote the way they do is tough. It’s not just because people may be reluctant to be honest to others about their motivations, but people are also often bad at understanding themselves. … Read the full post »
There were initial contacts between Labour leader Tony Blair and the Liberal Democrat leader Paddy Ashdown as early as 1993. … Read the full post »
Welcome to the latest episode of Never Mind The Bar Charts, in which Stephen Tall and I discuss a leaked memo from Change UK about the Liberal Democrats. … Read the full post »
“In his own words” is a collection which brings together forty-three of Tony Blair’s speeches, articles and similar items stretching from 1982 to 2004. … Read the full post »
The following graph shows all the leaders of the Labour Party who have been in post when the party has been in opposition at the time of at least one round of annual council elections. … Read the full post »
Over on Left Foot Forward, Vince Cable has revealed that he was invited to lead a new anti-Brexit party. … Read the full post »
A quick history quiz for the weekend: only six recent Prime Ministers have not subsequently taken a seat in the House of Lords. Who are the six? … Read the full post »