Lady Justice: has she failed women?
The deadline for sending in comments on the CPS consultation on its legal guidance on rape is coming up soon and, a few days in advance of that… … Read the full post »
Isabelle Parasram
Read my posts about Liberal Democrat activist and candidate, Isabelle Parasram.
Thank you, Kirsty Williams
I should start with a word of thanks – in fact, many words of thanks – to Kirsty Williams. She has announced that she will be standing down at the Welsh Senedd elections. … Read the full post »
What does it mean to be Black in Britian in 2020?
This year’s Black History Month has arrived at a time where the topics of identity, race, culture and equality rarely seem to be out of the national conversation. … Read the full post »
A fair society is a resilient society: the future for the Lib Dems (LDN #136)
A fair society is one that can best protect and nourish us in the face of the challenges of the age, immediate ones such as coronavirus, long-term ones such as climate change, and endemic ones such as social injustice. … Read the full post »
Remembering Stephen Lawrence
Today is the day that we commemorate the life of Stephen Lawrence – a black British teenager who, in 1993, was killed in an unprovoked racist attack by a gang of white men. … Read the full post »
A Passover like no other
Over the next eight days, in the UK and around the world, Jewish people will commemorate the liberation of their ancestors from slavery in ancient Egypt. … Read the full post »
Learning the lessons of the Windrush scandal: Isabelle Parasram
The Government must introduce compassion and common sense into our immigration system. That means making detention an absolute last resort. … Read the full post »
Isabelle Parasram re-elected as Vice President of the Liberal Democrats
A former Parliamentary and GLA candidate, Isabelle Parasram was born in East London to Indo-Caribbean parents of the Windrush generation. … Read the full post »
Liberal Democrat Parliamentary candidates
Here’s the list of the Liberal Democrats Parliamentary candidates for the December 2019 general election. … Read the full post »
Something unusual happened in the second online President hustings, featuring chocolate
The bonus second online hustings in the Liberal Democrat Party President race took place this week, and in a turn-up for the form book, Christine mentioned chocolate more often than I did. … Read the full post »