The challenge facing our country has rarely been so great: Ed Davey’s conference speech
Ed Davey gave his first conference speech as Liberal Democrat leader today. Here’s what he said. … Read the full post »
Layla Moran
Layla Moran was elected as the Liberal Democrat Member of Parliament for Oxford West and Abingdon at the 2017 general election, taking the seat off the Conservatives.
She had also contested the seat in 2015, after having previously stood in Battersea and for the London Assembly.
A former maths and physics teacher, she was the first Liberal Democrat from an ethnic minority background to be elected at a general election. (Her mother is Palestinian.)
She has been the party’s education spokesperson and was briefly arrested by the police in 2013, as she explained in a public statement in 2019.
She ran for party leader in 2020.
You can find contact details for Layla Moran here.
Highlights from the second day at the Lib Dem virtual party conference
Here are some of the highlights from what went down on day two of the Liberal Democrat virtual conference. … Read the full post »
Highlights from the first day at the Lib Dem virtual party conference
Our first ever virtual Liberal Democrat federal conference kicked off today. Here are some of the highlights from what went down on day one. … Read the full post »
Layla Moran to be party’s Foreign Affairs spokesperson
Following Ed Davey’s election as Lib Dem leader, Layla Moran is taking up a new role. … Read the full post »
Edward Davey elected as new Liberal Democrat party leader
The new Liberal Democrat leader is Ed Davey, after an election taking place against a backdrop of the party’s highest ever membership at the time of a leadership contest. … Read the full post »
Thank you Ed, thank you Layla
Thank you to both Ed Davey and Layla Moran, and their campaign teams, for putting in such hard work to give members a choice in the leadership election. … Read the full post »
Davey and Moran on electoral reform: Lib Dem leadership contest
Both Ed Davey and Layla Moran have written for the Electoral Reform Society on the importance of electoral reform. … Read the full post »
Lib Dem leadership ballot papers: key information for party members
Ballot papers have been sent to all Lib Dem party members. Here are details on how to get a replacement if yours didn’t arrive. … Read the full post »
Ed Davey vs Layla Moran: the LBC debate with Iain Dale
Earlier today, Iain Dale hosted a head-to-head debate for LBC radio between Ed Davey and Layla Moran, safely socially distanced but in the same studio. … Read the full post »
An excellent quick-fire Q+A with Ed Davey and Layla Moran
This moring’s Politico London Playbook email contains a very useful quick-fire Q&A with the candidates to be the next leader of the Liberal Democrats. … Read the full post »