MEDIA

SDPtalk with Charlie Downes

In this wide-ranging conversation, William is joined by writer and broadcaster Charlie Downes to discuss...

SDPtalk with Catherine McBride

Catherine McBride is an economist and a fellow at the Centre for Brexit Policy. She...

SDPtalk with Mike Graham

William Clouston sits down with Mike Graham, journalist and TV presenter. Mike describes his career...

SDPtalk with Ed Davies

William Clouston sits down with Ed Davies – Policy Director at the Centre for Social...

The Way Ahead

Chair, conference, fellow social democrats…Good to be here. The way ahead - that’s the title. ...

SDPtalk with Nigel Biggar

In this episode of SDPtalk, William Clouston is joined by Nigel Biggar, former Regius Professor...

SDPtalk with Garett Jones

The Culture Transplant - is diversity really our strength? In this episode of SDPtalk, William...

SDPtalk with Rakib Ehsan

What the Left gets wrong about ethnic minorities In this episode of SDPtalk, William Clouston...

SDPtalk with Laura Dodsworth

In this episode of SDPtalk, William Clouston is joined by photographer, artist and author Laura...

SDPtalk with Kathleen Stock

Why Reality Matters In this episode of SDPtalk, William Clouston is joined by philosopher Kathleen...

SDPtalk with Matt Goodwin

In this SDPtalk, William Clouston is joined by writer and academic Matt Goodwin, author of...

SDPtalk with Louise Perry

In this episode of SDPtalk, William Clouston is joined by campaigner and writer for The...

SDPtalk with Patrick O'Flynn

In this SDPtalk recorded in January 2023, William Clouston is joined by journalist and former...

SDPtalk with Peter Hitchens

In this SDPtalk, William Clouston is joined by journalist Peter Hitchens to discuss his book...

SDPtalk with Konstantin Kisin

In this episode of SDPtalk, William Clouston is joined by comedian, Triggernometry co-host and writer,...

SDPtalk with Joanna Williams

In this SDPtalk, William Clouston is joined by writer and academic Joanna Williams, author of...

SDPtalk with Ed West

In this SDPtalk, William Clouston is joined by writer Ed West to discuss social conservatism...

SDPtalk with Alp Mehmet

William Clouston is joined by Alp Mehmet, a former diplomat and current chairman of MigrationWatch...

SDP Talks with Ben Cobley

In this episode of SDP Talks, William Clouston is joined by the writer and political...

Reviving Old Priorities

The police need to be seen to back the core western value of free speech - both to maintain public support and to allow them...

THE SPACE OF THE PEOPLE

More effort must be made to protect the local and particular, critical as are they to what underpins our sense of nationhood, argues anthropologist W....

Tales From the Local Elections

Being a candidate for a minor party, in the local elections, standing for the very first time, will bring with it a whole range of...

IN GOOD HEALTH?

What needs to happen with the NHS? TONY EVANS takes to his podium and offers the kind of speech he'd like to hear about necessary...

Britain Needs Protectionism, Not Free Trade

Trade protectionism is legitimate and can be effective.I’ll explain why.First, international trade is desirable and necessary. And it boosts global welfare. However, it's a mistake...

Lessons From the South Atlantic

History reveals the right response to the proposed Chagos Islands deal, says DAN McNAY - specifically the Falklands War of 1982For over two hundred years,...

Betting the Farm

Labour's Net Zero plans will fail both farmers and the climate, argues ROB PALMERThe Labour government's push for Net Zero has created a false dichotomy:...

Labour Will Miss the AI Revolution

AI will be transformative - providing the government's approach is the right one. Fat hope of that, says JAMES McNEILL, the SDP's 2024 general electrion...

The Way Ahead

Chair, conference, fellow social democrats…Good to be here. The way ahead - that’s the title. And we picked it because on a long march it’s...

Not So Smart

If your child has a smartphone, you might well panic at the now prevalent idea that their adolescent, still developing brain is being “rewired” -...

Crossroads

Could the road less travelled be the path to power?An SDP member and former parliamentary candidate - @AlbionsBlues on 'X' - writes: Members of the SDP...

A Sense of Place: How to create community in a fractured world

Speech by William Clouston at the Battle of Ideas, 20th October 2024A few observations… The disconnectedness, social isolation, loneliness that we’re experiencing is a worldwide phenomenon. ...

Integration into what? Immigration and multiculturalism

Demographic change: will we run out of workers?

Speech by Hilary Salt at the Battle of Ideas, 19th October 2024With my actuarial hat on, I did think it might be important to start...

Why Labour will fail on housing

Labour will publish a new National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF) which will set out strategic policy on plan making and identifying land supply for homes....

A MATTER OF TRUST

Trust is, according to psychologists, described as a belief in a probability that a person will behave in certain ways, will prove dependable. Trust, then,...

A NEW LIGHT ON LIBERTY

Many of us feel that we are losing a sense of freedom and liberty as being fundamentally British values. We have the British Middle class,...

GO SOUTH WEST!

Much is made of the north of England being the neglected half of the country, with London and the south east sucking in the lion's...

GET THE BALANCE RIGHT

An Englishman’s home is his castle! There is no place like home! Other cliches are available!Ask the common man or woman on the street what...

The Long Game

As a Brexit supporter I was disenfranchised by the Labour Party. Much of it was conspiring to reject the mandate, to dilute or even prevent...

February 2026

Migrants are LOOTING BRITAIN • Britain's Immigration Crisis • The Left Has Abandoned Britain and the Working Class