Major remembers Ashdown – a different generation
Twenty-five years ago, every Tuesday and Thursday morning, I would sit with Paddy [...]
Brexit bafflers – 10 top misunderstandings unravelled
"Ball of Confusion - that's what the world is today." The Temptations, 1970 [...]
‘No politics’? Must be election time
20 May 2019 ‘No politics – just local’. What’s this then? An advert [...]
Would I lie to EU?
You know the rules. Someone says something and everyone has to guess if [...]
Last-minute plea for pro-Europeans to unite for Euro-elections
Dear Heidi Allen, Jonathan Bartley and Siân Berry I am writing to you [...]
Why I wasn’t marching
I wish I supported a ‘people’s vote’. I really do. Life would be [...]
Paddy Ashdown – a lesson in leadership
27 December 2018 Having worked alongside Paddy Ashdown when he was Liberal Democrat [...]
Why I can’t take Hammond’s tax cut
30 October 2018 If you earn £10,000 a year, the 2018 Budget made [...]
A recipe for the perfect speech
Great speeches sound effortless. That means they take a lot of effort. Like [...]
New times, new party?
This letter of mine was published in The Observer today – 14 May [...]