Trident voting figures: now and then
Here are the voting figures for the four big set piece debates over nuclear weapons policy at Liberal Democrat conferences in recent years. … Read the full post »
Read my posts about Britain’s Trident nuclear weapons system and debates over its future. The Trident is a submarine-launched ballistic missile (SLBM).
Here are the voting figures for the four big set piece debates over nuclear weapons policy at Liberal Democrat conferences in recent years. … Read the full post »
Liberal Democrat Newswire #91 came out last week, including the results of my latest survey of party members which asked about cross-party cooperation and electoral pacts. … Read the full post »
The line-up of the policy working group which is to look at the Lib Dem policy on Trident and related issues is now confirmed. … Read the full post »
The Liberal Democrats still have to fight hard to fill it, but there is clearly a slot for a liberal, tolerant, centre-left party which values economic competence. … Read the full post »
See what happened on the Monday of Lib Dem conference in Bournemouth. … Read the full post »
Tim Farron has nailed his colours to the mast on the Trident motion up for debate at the Lib Dem conference in Bournemouth and called on the party not to pass it. … Read the full post »
Facing his first party conference in Bournemouth as Liberal Democrat leader, Tim Farron faces two main challenges. … Read the full post »
Tim Farron has given the first speech from either candidate during the Lib Dem leadership contest which really has some impact beyond the usual everyone was expecting from both. … Read the full post »
The big vote of the day was on Trident, with conference voting by a large margin in favour of reducing Britain’s nuclear deterrent, and supporting multilateral disarmament, rather than going immediately down a unilateral route. … Read the full post »
The latest Lib Dem Voice survey of party members finds a small majority backing the government’s controversial plans for the planning system in England. … Read the full post »