New Lib Dem Shadow Cabinet and new Welsh Lib Dem leader
Following the general election and pending the election of a new party leader, Tim Farron has announced a new line-up for the Liberal Democrat Shadow Cabinet. … Read the full post »
Lynne Featherstone
Read about the Liberal Democrat peer and former MP for Hornsey & Wood Green, Baroness Lynne Featherstone.
She is author of Equal Ever After, the story of how same-sex marriage was introduced in Britain and was the first MP to tweet from the House of Commons.
Election round-up – including the Lib Dem MP who is retiring, triggering an all-woman shortlist
One of the nine current Liberal Democrat MPs has chosen to step down ahead of June’s general election. … Read the full post »
VIDEO: Lynne Featherstone on tackling Female Genital Mutilation
Here’s the new film from the Liberal Democrats, marking the International Day of Zero Tolerance to Female Genital Mutilation. … Read the full post »
Five Liberal Democrats to follow on Twitter
The worst moment I’ve had ahead of giving a speech was when I realised I’d be speaking immediately after Lib Dem peer Floella Benjamin. … Read the full post »
What is the point of the Liberal Democrats?
That’s the subject of The Times’s Red Box podcast from the Liberal Democrat conference in Brighton, including Lib Dem peer Lynne Featherstone and former staffer James McGrory. … Read the full post »
My view of Iain Dale’s new list of 50 most influential Lib Dems is in no way influenced by entry #22
The 2016 edition of Iain Dale’s list of the 50 most influential Liberal Democrats is now out. … Read the full post »
Tim Farron’s new take on immigration: Liberal Democrat Newswire #83
Tim Farron wants to fight for a tolerant country, but how can the argument be won over immigration? … Read the full post »
How same sex marriage was legalised – David Laws’s account
Here is what David Laws has to say in his new book, Coalition, about how same sex marriage was legalised. … Read the full post »
Tories continue to attack the industry they love to hate
The Tory dislike of the renewable energy sector is very strange because it has all the attributes which normally results in George Osborne grabbing a high vis vest, summoning a photographer and posing slightly awkwardly. … Read the full post »
The fight to end FGM is still far from over
“Today is the United Nations International Day of Zero Tolerance for Female Genital Mutilation and depressingly we still have to fight to end this barbaric practice” – Lynne Featherstone … Read the full post »