Lorna Dupré

I've just signed the petition against the Conservatives' proposed Marriage Tax Allowance, which they want to push through before th...

Once again the Government is consulting on combining the dates of two elections so that they fall on the same day.  In this case it's t...

The word of the year - omnishambles - has already been overused to the point of becoming wearisome. But if ever there were a situation for ...

Liberal Democrats in government: 1. Biggest ever uplift in the tax threshold to £9,205. 2. 21 million working people getting an extra £220...

Now, I'm as royalist as the next man - more so, actually, considering that 'the next man' is usually also a member of the Libera...

I'm getting cross, and I don't like getting cross, especially at Christmas, and especially when it's a government that includes ...

Last night this song by Tim Minchin was axed by ITV from Jonathan Ross's Christmas show. If you're of a religious disposition and e...

Please meet Beattie, my first car. It's taken me to the age of 53, but earlier this month I finally passed my driving test. I hadn't...

Nicholas (Nick) Macy joined my group of Liberal Democrat councillors in Harlow in 1999, following his election as councillor for what was th...

I don't normally get all 'wimmin' about things. And my interest in sport is almost, though not precisely, zero (I do watch some ...

To Ely tonight, as I have a ticket for the recording of Radio 4's Any Questions which is being broadcast from the Hayward Theatre at Th...

I've spent today in Ely, collecting signatures on a petition to try to overturn the recent incredibly ill-judged and ill-timed decision ...

I took advantage of being in Cambridge for two work meetings today to pop into the Senate House, accompanied by Harlow friends and fellow Ca...

An analysis of the retention of suspects' DNA has finally been released by the Home Office. The conclusion of the Straight Statistics ...

In a country that generally regards with deep suspicion the ability to speak more than one language, I feel inexpressibly proud to watch thi...

The very excellent Bystander has just posted an entry on his blog including the following superb quote from one of my very favourite films,...

I can't say I liked Azerbaijan's entry for the Eurovision song contest last night - but then none of entries were songs I'd actu...

The fall of David Laws, and his resignation just 17 days into his role as Chief Secretary to the Treasury, was surely one of the legendary ...

Across the country, bleary eyed progressives have sat down in front of their computers over the last 24 hours to share their analysis of wha...

Simples.