Ken Livingstone today launched a new campaign against rising violent crime and police cuts in London, pledging to: 1. Reverse Boris Johnson's cuts to 1,700 police officers; 2. Reinstate sergeants to all 600 Safer Neighbourhood Teams, more of which will be beefed up to a minimum of nine officers, reversing the Tory Mayor's cut to 300 sergeants in 2011. According to the Metropolitan Police...

Unions, rather than corporations, take advantage of new campaign finance laws to influence the presidential election race through the formation of super-Pacs

Huge spending on campaigns by action committees have transformed US politics

The occasion of Peter Tatchell’s 60 th birthday. Man’s a loon of course. His various forays into the world of economics have been laughably ignorant. Certain of his campaigns have been based upon very, very, odd readings of the world. Yet, as Sellars and Yeatman didn’t put it, he’s not been rong but romatic, nor

Many of the differences between American and British election campaigns are not the result of American campaigners having good ideas the British should copy, but rather are the result of four key legal differences between the two countries.

Scottish Liberal Democrat Deputy Leader and MP for East Dunbartonshire Jo Swinson, has again urged advertisers and retailers to use models covering a diverse of sizes, ages and shapes in their advertising and media campaigns to reflect the reality of different body shapes and to promote healthy body image. Co-founder of the Campaign for Body Confidence, Jo is

Scotland recently held its internal elections to determine the make up of its Party Committees and Office Bearers. Only one office bearer post was contested, that of Vice Convener (Campaigns and Candidates). That election was won by Katy Gordon, former candidate for Glasgow North and the Glasgow Regional list and Convener of Scottish Women Liberal

Beyond the BNP, The future of HOPE not hate By Nick Lowles | Tuesday, 6 December 2011 The HOPE not hate campaign has become one of the largest and most successful political action groups in the country since, it was founded in 2004. Over 165,000 people have participated in our campaigns; we have 50,000 supporters on Facebook

With European children getting heavier and less active, health experts say policymakers should draw a lesson from anti-tobacco campaigns and consider heavier taxation schemes to combat teenage fat. More »

Over the last week or so, visitors to the Lib Dem Voice may have seen articles purporting to outline my position, and that of the government’s, on the EU Fuel Quality Directive and the treatment of tar sands within it.  These articles have been misleading to say the least.  We in the Lib Dems have