Never Mind The Bar Charts

Vince Cable: how did he do and who will succeed him?

Listen and enjoy as birthday boy Stephen and I discuss Vince Cable's record as party leader now he's announced his departure date (nearly), who might succeed him, what happened at Liberal Democrat conference in York, the brilliance of Geoff Payne, the party reforms now underway and why Stephen Tall pays up money to the New Statesman. He also mentioned the Steel vs Pardoe way of looking at Lib Dem leadership contests, explained by Jonathan Calder here.

The Independent Group: earthshattering or earthbound?

Listen and enjoy as Stephen and I discuss the future of The Independent Group, its possible impact on British politics, parallels with the SDP and what it means for the Liberal Democrats.
With a shoutout to the Polling Matters podcast episode which took a look at TIG polling and the Times Red Box podcast interview with Anna Soubry.

Pilot episode #3: universal basic income, radicalism and new parties

Stephen and Mark discuss three things they don't like.
A few follow-up links for what we discussed:
Finnish universal basic income trial and thoughts from my time on a policy working group looking at the subject.
Nick Barlow's blog post on new parties.
Why I like ideology.

Pilot episode #2: Paddy, coalition and little Englanders

Mark Pack and Stephen Tall discuss Paddy Ashdown, Lib Dem strategy and our obsession with US politics. Brexit nearly doesn't get mentioned.

Pilot episode #1: the best political commentators, the Lib Dems and what if Brexit wasn't happening?

Stephen Tall and Mark Pack talk about their favourite political podcasts and commentators, what the government should be doing if it wasn't consumed by Brexit and the Liberal Democrats.