This article originally appeared last month. We've just heard from Cllr Ben Rigby, the Group Chair of the Lib Dem Group on Brentwood Council, a Lib Dem led council in coalition, that they too have bee ...

Standing with Ukraine.  In 2025, the world marks 80 years since Victory in Europe (VE) Day. But the war in Ukraine rages on - a stark reminder that peace and freedom can never be taken for granted.

Fifteen years ago there were probably three major hotspots in the world: The Korean Peninsula, the Middle East and Kashmir. All three of them involved nuclear weapons. Ranked in terms of potential ...

Following the 95 local by-elections we saw on the undercard for the 1st May elections, we returned this week to a rather more sedentary two. On Thursday 8th May, there was a Labour defence in ...

Although I am neither a theologian nor an expert on the teaching of the Church, I found the moment of choosing the next Pope deeply important. I would never shy away from the fact that faith plays an ...

For years, many of us have been asking what it would take for the British government to officially recognise Palestine – in order to delegitimise the Israeli annexation of the West Bank and Gaza, and ...

Last week saw the second maiden speech from our recent small, but evidently perfectly-formed, Lords intake. Shaffaq made his debut during the Second Reading of the Children’s Wellbeing and ...

When the Labour Party won its ‘loveless landslide’ in 2024, its interest in electoral reform became conveniently weaker. By the time that Labour had won a huge majority at the last election ...

Canvassing last month in Trowbridge, Wiltshire, we came across a middle-aged woman in her garden. “I’ve had enough of all of you. I’m voting Reform”, she said. Our candidate, Julie, calmly ...