Lamb sets out the case for liberal reform of our drug laws
Norman Lamb talks about the urgent need for reform to Britain’s drug laws. … Read the full post »
Norman Lamb was born in 1957 and worked as a solicitor specialising in employment law before he moved into politics. He was a councillor, and leader of the Lib Dem group, in Norwich before later becoming MP for North Norfolk. He held the seat from 2001 until the 2019 general election.
Norman Lamb ran for the Liberal Democrat leadership in 2015, when he lost to Tim Farron. He was knighted in 2019 for his work on mental health.
Norman Lamb talks about the urgent need for reform to Britain’s drug laws. … Read the full post »
Tim Farron is to become the first leader of one of Britain’s main political parties to call for the legalisation of cannabis for recreational use. … Read the full post »
How can the Liberal Democrats make a success of 2016? Is Norman Lamb right to be working on policy with a Labour MP? Was the Conservative marginal seats campaign really a success? These are just some of the issues which were covered in Liberal Democrat Newswire #75. … Read the full post »
The Liberal Democrats are to set up an expert panel to establish how a legal market for cannabis could work in Britain. … Read the full post »
Watch the new Lib Dem party political broadcast, introducing Tim Farron to the public and featuring an appeal to join the party. … Read the full post »
Earlier tonight Tim Farron chaired his first Federal Policy Committee as party leader, setting out – rightly – his intention to be closely involved in the FPC’s work. … Read the full post »
Liberal Democrat leader Tim Farron is going to reprise the previous pattern of party leaders chairing the party’s Federal Policy Committee (FPC). … Read the full post »
Up for debate at the Liberal Democrat conference in Bournemouth is a motion to change the party’s Deputy Leader from being just the Deputy Leader of the Parliamentary Party in the House of Commons, elected by and from the party’s MPs. … Read the full post »
Back for its seventh, slimmed down, year is my Liberal Democrat autumn conference MP fringe league table. … Read the full post »
Liberal Democrat leader Tim Farron has unveiled his campaigning priorities along with an 9-strong Parliamentary Campaigns Team. … Read the full post »