Tim Farron: ‘Britain’s Raac crisis and the scourge of “NIMTO-ism”’

There is no sign of a swift resolution to the buildings crisis that forced 100 schools to close partially or fully at the start of the new academic year, when the Department for Education raised concerns about the instability of buildings constructed with reinforced autoclaved aerated concrete. The potential dangers of this lightweight and widely […]

Tim Farron: ‘Does the British electorate mind politicians doing God?’

The last couple of weeks has demonstrated once again that politics is a mucky business. Politicians and those who work with them are seen to be seeking personal gain and self-promotion, ignoring the rules that everyone else must follow. Also last week, newly-analysed research from thinktank Theos found that people are increasingly suspicious of those […]

For Britain’s cost of living crisis, Brexit is the continental shaped elephant in the room

Britain’s exit from the European Union is still an issue that plays to our hearts and guts far more than to our brains or wallets. So many of us still wear the labels – be that of Leave or Remain – of a referendum that happened six and a half years ago. I know I […]

‘If people want a change, they have to be part of a Lib Dem revival’ says Tim Farron

UK’s Rwanda asylum plans are shallow, expensive, and counterproductive

To send refugees who have made their way to the UK to Rwanda is inhuman, shallow, expensive, and counterproductive.   What is the problem that Rwanda is a solution to? It can’t be that the government wants to deter refugees coming here on account of there being too many. After all, the UK’s island status means […]

Under the Borders bill, Britain will not treat refugees with the humanity they deserve

Nobody can fail to be moved by the harrowing pictures we have seen from Ukraine over the last few days. The UN’s refugee agency estimated on Sunday that 368,000 people have already fled, and that this figure could reach 4 million.  Thousands are queuing at the western borders to escape to Poland, Slovakia, Romania, Hungary […]

We defeated the govt over child refugees – now they should back down

It’s our moral duty to keep child refugees safe. Time for govt to stop fighting and start listening.

Farron’s worst qualities came from his faith, but so did his best

A central plank of Farron’s legacy was his campaigns for social justice

The illiberal persecution of Tim Farron

It feels as if Farron has been persecuted because of his faith – how is that liberal?

Lib Dems: Reasons to be cheerful

Despite all the criticism, the anti-Brexit party actually had a pretty good election