Category Archives: politics

A Brief Explanation of What’s Been Happening in UK Politics For Those Who Don’t Understand

Posted on July 11, 2016 by Andrew Hickey

This is primarily aimed at my North American friends, many of whom want to know why every single person in the UK has been screaming about political stuff for several weeks. The first thing you need to understand is that … Continue reading →

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On “Progressive Alliances” and Lib-Labbery

Posted on January 12, 2016 by Andrew Hickey

There’s been a lot of talk recently about how what is needed to defeat the Tories is a “progressive alliance”, between Labour, the Lib Dems, the Greens, the SNP, and presumably the Monster Raving Loony Party and anyone else who … Continue reading →

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Lib Dem Misconceptions: The Alliance Parties

Posted on November 28, 2015 by Andrew Hickey

This is number one of what may or may not be an occasional series of posts, about what people outside the party get completely wrong about the Lib Dems. In this case, I want to talk about the pat summary … Continue reading →

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Highlights of the Lib Dem Manifesto

Posted on April 15, 2015 by Andrew Hickey

I’ve had a look through the Lib Dem manifesto today, because of course I have. It’s long — something like three times as long as the larger parties’ — and full of detail (as someone — I’m afraid I can’t … Continue reading →

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Against Primaries

Posted on September 6, 2014 by Andrew Hickey

One of the things I’ve been seeing a lot recently is the repetition by people who should know better of the idea that what we need in British politics is primary elections. It started with the Tories, who are more … Continue reading →

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