Posts Tagged “tim farron”
Election notebook #5: This really is the last time I’ll write about Tim Farron and gay sex
by Stephen Tall on April 25, 2017
I’d intended already to have said my last on the “does Tim Farron believe gay sex is a sin?” thing which Channel 4’s Cathy Newman has been banging on about, egged on by fellow hacks and lefty tweeters who enjoy (…)
Election notebook #2: The article on the Lib Dems’ EU strategy I didn’t write. Until now
by Stephen Tall on April 20, 2017
Embed from Getty Images A couple of weeks’ back, Mark Pack asked me if I’d write a piece for the next issue of his Lib Dem Newswire (required reading, btw). “Perhaps something on ‘what the Lib Dems are currently getting (…)
Election notebook #1: TV debates, Farron’s liberalism, Labour woes, Ukip who?, Naked run 2.0
by Stephen Tall on April 19, 2017
TV debates… I guess it was inevitable Theresa May would try and un-invent them. After all, what’s in it for her? There’s no reward, only risk. Tim Farron would relish the spotlight, and as the Lib Dems are the only (…)
Election 2017: actually, this is good for all parties
by Stephen Tall on April 18, 2017
Well, who saw that coming? Not me. But Theresa May’s decision to call a ‘snap’ election actually suits all parties pretty well. First, the Tories will win, and will win big. Two recent polls suggest leads over Labour topping 20%, (…)
Tim Farron hasn’t put a foot wrong for the Lib Dems since 23 June
by Stephen Tall on January 31, 2017
I’ve been meaning to write something like this for a while, but it was a flippant tweet from a Sun journalist which eventually provoked me into tweeting a pat on the back to Tim Farron, a party leader I think (…)
3 quick thoughts on the Richmond Park by-election
by Stephen Tall on December 2, 2016
Embed from Getty Images The last two times I’ve gone to bed reasonably confident my side would win an election, I’ve had a rotten, sleepless night. Last night I went to bed reckoning my side would fall just short and (…)
Brexit: the problem with promising a second referendum
by Stephen Tall on September 22, 2016
Embed from Getty Images I get why Tim Farron has promised the Lib Dems are committed to holding a second referendum on the UK’s membership of the European Union. There is a good principled reason for doing so. Regardless of (…)
Why I think Theresa May is pretty much the ideal prime minister for our times
by Stephen Tall on September 6, 2016
Embed from Getty Images Theresa May is pretty much the ideal prime minister for the times we live in. Not because she gives every appearance of being reassuringly tough, shrewd, hard-working and very clearly competent but because she’s no ideologue. (…)
Theresa May has the endorsement of the Tories – and progressives should be worried
by Stephen Tall on July 12, 2016
Politics isn’t just fluid, it’s runny. A couple of weeks ago, I almost took the time and trouble to write a ‘Boris v Theresa’ piece – just as well I didn’t, as it also would’ve ended up spiked by Michael (…)
How should Lib Dems talk about immigration and Europe?
by Stephen Tall on October 12, 2015
View image | gettyimages.com We saw the wrong way to talk about immigration last week – Theresa May’s “awful, ugly, misleading, cynical and irresponsible speech to the Conservative Party conference ” (© Daily Telegraph). But what’s the liberal / LibDem (…)
