Read my blog posts about equalities issues.
Well said, Layla Moran: “My plea to those who feel they need to step up for the Palestinians: Please do that, my God do we need it but also please don’t do it in a way that stokes antisemitism”. … Read the full post »
In a guest post for this site, Rabina Khan, Liberal Democrat councillor from the London Borough of Tower Hamlets, takes a look at the issue. … Read the full post »
First up, what the BBC did get from “a Cabinet source” about House of Commons Speaker, John Bercow. … Read the full post »
“Incredibly across the capital, of the 943 plaques installed to date, only 14 per cent commemorate women” – Caroline Pidgeon … Read the full post »
The former Liberal Democrat peer, Lord Lester, has resigned from the House of Lords. He was facing suspension from the Lords over a sexual harassment case. … Read the full post »
The turnout of Liberal Democrat peers in the vote was relatively low as it happened at the same time as the Liberal Democrat House of Lords group was holding an away day out of London. … Read the full post »
Well done Meral Hussein-Ece for speaking out so strongly about the attitudes of some Liberal Democrat peers in the Anthony Lester case. … Read the full post »
Lib Dem peer Lord Lester suspended from House of Lords untill June 2022 over a complaint that he sexually harassed a woman. … Read the full post »
The ability of a Parliamentarian to use Parliamentary privilege to break a legal injunction with impunity is both an important safeguard and a power easily open to abuse. Which is why it should only be used in exceptional cases. … Read the full post »
I was one of the Liberal Democrat Federal Board (FB) members who requested that yesterday we debate adopting the IHRA’s definition of anti-semitism, including the worked examples, for use in the party’s disciplinary processes. We voted to do this. … Read the full post »