Author Archives: William Townsend

Subscribe

1. Follow @libdemvoice.org on Bluesky
2. Like us on Facebook
3. Subscribe to our feed
4. Sign-up for our daily email digest

Most Read

1. Nicola Sturgeon talks to Iain Dale at the Edinburgh Festival
2. ALDC's by-election report - 6 August 2026
3. The law has never told you which door to use
4. Lincolnshire - a flawed reform of local government and why it matters
5. The future of war has arrived: It’s the Navy

Search

Op-eds

• To paraphrase Shakespeare’ ‘something is rotten in the state of Britain’ (Judy Abel)
• Born to be a Refugee… (Dalila Henniche Maali)
• Tom Arms’ World Review (Tom Arms)
• Observations of an Expat An Iranian Who’s Who (Tom Arms)
• The Independent View: Are mutuals the answer to the water crisis? (People's Commission on the Water Sector)

• Brazilian footballer falls down hole celebrating goal that was then disallowed
• How Bodhana Sivanandan became British women's chess champion at the age of 11
• Lib Dems fight to save independent scrutiny of the NHS
• Good start but....
• Reform figures in Wales linked to far-right social media networks
• Councillor Martin Allen joins Liberal Democrats from the Greens
• Why you should read old election manuals
• Boy the home office tried to deport at 9 wins British chess championship at 17
• The Joy of Six 1559
• The Coasters: Yakety Yak

Recent Comments

• Judy Abel
  You clearly missed the point - but that’s OK....
• Simon McGrath
  "There is a phrase widely attributed to Israel’s first Prime Minister, David Ben-Gurion" There is no evidence he said this....
• Simon McGrath
  What a totally random set of whinges. Yes the Post Office scandal was appalling - but it took place in a state controlled firm - nothing to do with ' neo libera...
• Sam Ammar
  Thank you for sharing Iyad’s journey. This genocide has shocked Palestinians to their very core. It has awakened something profound across generations. Many ...
• Rich Dilshad
  Interesting piece Edward, and I particularly agree on the growing vulnerability of CNI. The recent damage to EstLink 2 and other Baltic subsea infrastructure d...