As most people who know me personally probably already know, I have taken voluntary redundancy. Today, in fact, is my first day. After working for the New Politics Network and then Unlock Democracy for just over nine years, I’m not planning to jump straight back into the daily grind just yet. Instead, I’m planning to… Continue reading An announcement: free as a bird
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Whatever happened to the Lib Dem interim peers list?
I was intrigued by last week’s list of 10 new Lib Dem appointments to the House of Lords. As longstanding readers of this blog will know, I was one of the people who helped develop the Lib Dem system of electing an “interim peers panel” from which the party leader gets to choose the majority… Continue reading Whatever happened to the Lib Dem interim peers list?
Borgen: how realistic is it?
I’ve spent this weekend catching up with Borgen and probably reading about it a bit too much. In particular, this critical review by Rachel Cooke came to my attention yesterday via political academic Stuart Wilks-Heeg’s twitter feed, prompting this exchange: @stuartwilksheeg What’s weird is that she slags off the stronger of those two episodes. She’s… Continue reading Borgen: how realistic is it?