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We have a new Prime Minister, Andy Burnham, who has successfully pulled off a bloodless coup more akin to the Glorious than the French Revolution. However, now he is in office, he cannot escape the ...

It has been a big week for me, personally. On Thursday 16 July, the government announced 26 new members of the House of Lords - and I am one of them: I am to be Lord Leunig. Since it is His Majesty’s ...

Andy Burnham’s first speech as the new Prime Minister, outside No.10 Downing Street, earlier today, struck exactly the right tone. After years of political instability, he spoke of restoring trust, ...

The British political establishment will be pulling off another stunning magic trick. With Sir Keir Starmer’s departure from ...

One of the few clearly articulated commitments which Andy Burnham has made is “the biggest council house building programme ...

He’s not the Messiah,” a voice from the Conservative benches heckled during Andy Burnham’s swearing-in. Quite right. Britain doesn’t need another political saviour. We’ve spent far too long investing ...

I worked with Andy Burnham as a member of the Greater Manchester Combined Authority for three years, so am perhaps uniquely placed to offer a personal perspective on what his super-charged run for ...

Hamilton’s recent article on LDV is right about one thing: Palestine should be run by Palestinians. Israelis, likewise, should determine their own future in peace and security. But that aspiration is ...

Less than two months into Southwark’s new Liberal Democrat-Green Joint Administration, we’ve secured an encouraging early win. One of our first decisions was to support the legal challenge against the ...

I disagreed with Ann Widdecombe on almost everything. Most fundamentally, I profoundly opposed her views anti the rights of ...

Recently I had the great thrill of visiting the Tynwald – the Isle Of Man’s parliament. The Isle Of Man is, of course, ...