This may be wishful thinking, but his essential point is a good one: namely that the boom years before the great recession put far more wealth in the hands of highly educated professionals than in earlier times, and that this class--Ivied, cosmopolitan, sophisticated in the ways of the knowledge economy--naturally gravitates toward liberal values and politics.

FORBES: Medialand

Focusing on early 20th-century Britain, he describes in scholarly detail different strategies for harmonising faith and knowledge: the sought-after alliance between liberal theologians in the Church of England and religious-minded scientists, and the rather different efforts of science-minded writers such as Julian Huxley and George Bernard Shaw to foster a modern, non-Christian religion.

ECONOMIST: Religion and science

Let me reiterate that in 27 years working for the Liberal Democrat Party, not a single personal complaint was ever made against me to my knowledge.

BBC: Lord Rennard

Scottish Liberal Democrat spokesperson Alison McInnes said she was worried that police forces are losing a wealth of knowledge and expertise used to help cut and prevent crime in Scotland.

BBC: Scottish Labour: Justice debate