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What’s in this issue?
There’s Commentary, Lord Bonkers’ Diary and find out in Radical Bulletin, among lots more, about an attempt to scrap spring conference, a panic over corporate donations and a row concerning one internal election.
BEYOND THE HEARTLANDS.
The Social Liberal Forum is relaunching with a strategy to get the party out of its comfort zone. John Shreeve and Roger Hayes explain
CORPORATE DONATIONS: HOW TO PUT THIS RIGHT
The party establishment has watered down policy on political donations to the point of being meaningless. David Howarth’s amendment aims to deal with this
SOUTH SEA TROUBLE
Argentina’s far right president is causing trouble in the Falklands Islands, and tensions over Antartica could erupt soon. Sarah Green MP paid a visit
HOW TO STEAL A MIDTERM ELECTION
The triumph of democratic socialist Zoran Mamdani as New York’s mayoral race has not been grasped by the Democrat establishment, says Rebecca Tinsley
HEALTHY FREEDOM
Primary care is the foundation to living well and community politics means fighting for GPs and pharmacies, says Helen Maguire MP
CAPITAL GAINS
Sarah Olney MP caused some surprise when she became the first applicant for Lib Dem candidate for mayor of London. She explains why she wants to run the capital
THE FEELING’S MUTUAL
It’s time Liberal Democrats rediscovered the party’s old enthusiasm for mutual utilities and businesses as a better option than Labour statism, says Paul Hindley
CONTINUOUS PROCESS
Andy Burnham’s media skills hide a prime minister little different from his predecessor and possessed of few liberal sympathies, says Rosemary Runswick
TWO OF A KIND
The parallels between Ed Davey and Kier Starmer are close and worrying, says Simon Banks
LIB DEMS’ LOST LIBERALISM
Richard Ormerod argues the party fails to stand up for free speech and is too ready to reach for authoritarian measures
NUCLEAR CANNIBALS
The UK’s conventional defence budget is already low and being eaten away by the nuclear programme, says Nick Baird
ILLIBERAL STUDIES
Education in Wales is at odds with liberal values yet perfectly attuned to old-fashioned, Bevanite socialism, argues Richard Kelly.
REVIEWS
The Answers Are There. By Libby Hoffman (Rebecca Tinsley)
A Hymn to Life – Shame has to change sides. By Gisèle Pelicot (Gwyneth Deakins)
Regime Change: Inside the imperial presidency of Donald Trump. By Maggie Haberman and Jonathan Swan (Rebecca Tinsley)
Suing The Kremlin: The Battle for Putin’s Billions By Martin Sixsmith (Kiron Reid)
Keynes For Our Times. By Robert Skidelsky (Stewart Rayment)
London Falling. By Patrick Redden Keefe (Rebecca Tinsley)
Reimagining the Post-Conflict State.By Eric Budd (Rebecca Tinsley)
Tsai Ing-wen and Taiwan: An Assessment of the First Administration 2016–2020. By Sabella Ogbobode Abidde (ed) (Larry Ngan)


