Lib Dem peer’s bill to ban conversion therapy tops Lords ballot
Humanists UK report news of Lorely Burt, former Liberal Democrat MP and now member of the House of Lords. … Read the full post »
Equalities
Read my blog posts about equalities issues, concentrating on the United Kingdom and the political system in particular.
Voters are put off by male-dominated candidate lists
Jens Wäckerle, The end of the all-male party? Voter preferences for gender representation in political parties, Journal of Elections, Public Opinion and Parties (2023). … Read the full post »
International Day Against Homophobia, Transphobia and Biphobia
Liberal Democrat leader Ed Davey MP marks 2023’s International Day Against Homophobia, Transphobia and Biphobia. … Read the full post »
New poll, same finding: women more supportive of trans rights than men
As I’ve commented on before, there’s an odd and unhelpful difference between what gets said about trans rights and what the public actually thinks. … Read the full post »
Essex pub dispute: do people really still think golliwogs are ok?
More evidence of how the long-term trend in British society continues to be one of our country becoming more liberal. … Read the full post »
Different polling question wordings get very different answers on European Convention on Human Rights
Two different pollsters with two different questions got two very different answers on the public’s attitude towards the UK’s membership of the European Convention on Human Rights. … Read the full post »
Conservatives playing fast and loose with the Union
Christine Jardine, the Lib Dem equalities spokesperson, responds to news of Rishi Sunak’s plans to block the Gender Recognition Reform Bill. … Read the full post »
Will Sunak stick to the pledges made after the Windrush Scandal?
Liberal Democrat peer Floella Benjamin has written to Prime Minister Rishi Sunak about the Windrush Scandal. … Read the full post »
Lib Dem MSPs back Gender Recognition Bill
Alex Cole-Hamilton has posted the following explaining why all the Liberal Democrat MSPs have been voting in favour of the Gender Recognition Reform Bill. … Read the full post »
The relevance of local elections and something Leavers and Remainers agree on: The Week in Polls #2
Given we have national opinion polls, how useful are local elections for judging the national political mood? … Read the full post »