Rob gives a simply yet succint reason as to why he thinks the LibDems will survive. who says you need to right an essay to be right?

How to increase turnout in single-person households by ten percentage points. Perhaps also a good method to use on students and young people?

A must-read by Chris Dillow: three reasons why representative democracy often produces irrational policymaking, using the example of the all-party slapdown of Bob Ainsworth's views on drugs.

The New Statesman points out that there is much that is still wrong with the system for detaining former asylum-seekers.

Andy Mayer amusingly likens Labour's latest attempt to seduce dissatisfied Lib Dems to the plot of Dangerous Liasons: "...the implication and outcome would be the same. Destroy what you have for the promise of a former tease who proved entirely fickle and unfulfilling for the previous 13 years they could have made your dreams come true."

An outsider's view of Lib Dem insiders, aka what he heard at the Christmas party

Anthony Wells argues that public opinion will shift leftwards as the Coalition cuts public spending. And unlike Polly Toynbee, he provides evidence to back this claim up.

In praise of Nick Clegg, by the New Statesman. Yes, really!

While local authorities throughout the country brace for cuts, 100% Labour Newham Borough Council splurges money on designer lighting at its new offices, the council newsletter (which promotes sitting councillors) and the UK's most expensive town festival. Meanwhile, 55 council employees are lined up for the chop...

For the past week I have watched as the media, Labour and everyone else it seems has taken lumps out of the Liberal Democrats in a welcome to Government style pasting. I had a few thoughts on this.