Paul Linford

Seven years ago, the Conservative Party faithful gathered in Blackpool for what most observers expected would be a leadership stand-off be...

Twelve months ago, Ed Miliband delivered what I described at the time as probably the most courageous party conference speech by any major p...

Broken promises are nothing new in politics.   From the Labour Party’s 110-year-old pledge to introduce an elected House of Lords to George ...

In last week's column, I suggested that the key strategic task facing the Liberal Democrats as they gather for their spring conference i...

Back in the bad old days of two-party politics, the Liberal Democrat spring conference was one of those recurring events in the political ca...