Three quick thoughts on the Lib Dem reshuffle
Nick Clegg has been reshuffling the Liberal Democrat ministerial team. Here are my first thoughts… … Read the full post »
Jeremy Browne was Liberal Democrat Member of Parliament for Taunton Deane constituency 2005-15, when he retired from Parliament.
He was a minister during the coalition government of 2010-15 and is author of Race Plan.
Nick Clegg has been reshuffling the Liberal Democrat ministerial team. Here are my first thoughts… … Read the full post »
I spoke this morning in the debate on reforming the 2000 Terrorism Act, made notorious by the David Miranda case.
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Back for its fifth year is my Liberal Democrat conference fringe meeting league table, showing how many fringes each MP will be speaking at. … Read the full post »
Jonathan Calder catches one of the oddities well in his tweet from last night. … Read the full post »
Why has the Home Office started calling people arrested “offenders”? Arrested – not charged, not tried, not found guilty but only so far arrested. … Read the full post »
In part 1 I explained why the Interception of Communications Commissioner is a failed regulator and one the Home Office should be fixing, yet your civil servants have been reluctant to do so. … Read the full post »
I doubt that in amongst all the ludicrously large number of issues that pass across the desk of a minister, and a Home Office one no less, you will have noticed a small victory I scored over the Home Office recently. … Read the full post »
Back for its fourth year is my Liberal Democrat conference fringe meeting league table, showing how many fringes each MP will be speaking at. … Read the full post »
In his first interview since becoming a Home Office Minister, Liberal Democrat MP Jeremy Browne has had some promising things to say about his attitude towards the Draft Communications Data Bill (aka snoopers’ charter): Mr Browne said: “People can rest assured we will be very vigilant defenders of civil liberties. “Our starting point, the reason … Read the full post »
Alongside the sorting out of new PPS (Parliamentary Private Secretary) appointments following the ministerial changes, there’s been one surprise addition involving Jo Swinson. … Read the full post »