Vice-President of the Liberal Democrats Campaign for Race Equality (LDCRE) appointed
News from the new Liberal Democrats Campaign for Race Equality (background here): Kishan Devani has taken up the role of Vice President. … Read the full post »
Diversity
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Why the Liberal Democrat Campaign for Race Equality (LDCRE) is being launched
Merlene Emerson, EMLD’s membership officer, writes about the plans to relaunch as the Liberal Democrat Campaign for Race Equality (LDCRE). … Read the full post »
Stalled: Lib Dem gender balance in local government
A little belatedly, it’s time for the 2017 version of my annual post about the gender balance amongst council candidates and councillors in the big May round of elections. … Read the full post »
Candidates from under-represented groups get big boost in London thanks to Lord Avebury fund
Following his death, London Region Liberal Democrats created in Lord Avebury’s memory a fund to support election candidates from under-represented groups. … Read the full post »
Vince Cable attacks Jeremy Corbyn for failing to stand up for the poorest
Rounding off the Southport conference which saw the party adopted a new strategy, Lib Dem leader Vince Cable took a swing at Jeremy Corbyn (a life-long Eurosceptic) for talking about workers but supporting a Brexit which will hit workers. … Read the full post »
“I would like us to have an ethnic minority candidate” – Vince Cable on next London Mayor election
Continuing his round of party conference interviews, Vince Cable talked to the Evening Standard about, amongst other things, the next election for Mayor of London: … Read the full post »
What if Chris Huhne had beaten Nick Clegg and become Lib Dem leader? LDN#108
Liberal Democrat Newswire #108 has a special free extract from a book I contributed to. It’s a what-if political history, looking back at how the 2007 Lib Dem leadership election could have had rather different consequences for the party. … Read the full post »
Strong support from Liberal Democrat members for a more diverse House of Commons
Interesting data from the latest research into party members by the Party Members Project at Queen Mary University of London: there’s very strong support amongst Liberal Democrat members for a more diverse House of Commons. … Read the full post »
So that’s why many men used to oppose the idea of female MPs…
There are obvious disadvantages about having women in Parliament, wrote Rowland Hunt in 1913. … Read the full post »
Good news for the Lib Dems in November: LDN #107
Liberal Democrat Newswire #107 includes gift suggestions, tips on ways to get involved (further) with the Liberal Democrats, why Nick Clegg wasn’t more successful, how to win the European debate, an addictive Brexit bus game and more. … Read the full post »