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I suspect Gloria de Piero’s shameless plug of this book in last week’s Stylist magazine may raise its profile more than my few thoughts on it published here. My copy of Five Million Conversations is already better thumbed than my candidate’s copy of our general...

On the surface, we have made huge strides for women’s equality in the party. Women made up over half our candidates in target seats at the election this year, and make up two of the four candidates for leader. Every single candidate for leader or deputy has signed the...

There is a dangerous fallacy commonly held by many in Westminster that the south-west of England is a straightforward fight between the Liberal Democrats and the Tories. Thanks to the ascendancy of United Kingdom Independence party you can now throw in a bit of purple...

It is 10 years since my first real involvement in a general election. Five years since I ran a general election campaign as a volunteer. Three years since I began campaigning to be a candidate, while raising a young family and running my own business. Two years as the...