Posts Tagged “matthew d’ancona”
In praise of the liberal centre
by Stephen Tall on August 3, 2014
Here’s Matthew d’Ancona’s concluding paragraph in his Telegraph column today: It is not that hard to deduce what the generation of voters still reeling from the global financial crisis might be seeking from those who would govern them. Fiscal credibility (…)
The day Lord Bonkers and Philip Collins agreed: the Tories just aren’t up to governing
by Stephen Tall on February 6, 2013
This tweet today from The Times’s Philip Collins — mid-debate between Tim Montgomerie and Matthew d’Ancona about the tortuous fate of Tory modernisation — caught my attention: @matthewdancona @timmontgomerie We all thought the Lib Dems might not be up to (…)
Two must-read articles for Lib Dems (and three you can happily ignore)
by Stephen Tall on September 17, 2012
In pre-Coalition days, party conference time was pretty much the only time of year the Lib Dems were ever talked about in the media. These annual op-eds usually revealed a complete lack of understanding of the party, its membership, their (…)