By Gareth R Roberts Let me declare my interest: between 1994 and 1997, I was the Liberal Democrat Senior Researcher in Parliament. It
Month: November 2019
I’m starting to form a crush on the Greens
By Gareth R Roberts As I write this, there are nineteen days left. Nineteen days of torture until we are finally put out of collective

Tories: Cheats Always Prosper
By James Melville. “In a properly functioning democracy, liars should be exposed and held to account. But that isn’t happening. The prime minister’s falsehoods are
Politics Punked’s General Election Guide to Northern Ireland
By Richard Livingstone Of Northern Ireland’s eighteen constituencies ten elected Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) MPs in 2017, seven picked Sinn Fein MPs and the last,
If you’re not angry about these 3 things – you should be!
By Gareth R Roberts I’m trying not to be angry, I really am. I’m trying to phlegmatic and trusting and contented about the general election
‘Bollocks, Bullshit and Brexit’ – The Wacky Races are off…
By Gareth R Roberts So, Johnson has finally got his way: the Queen has been consulted, Parliament is dissolved, and the Parties have started the