Lib Dems table motion to dock Dominic Raab’s pay
The Liberal Democrats are tabling an Early Day Motion to dock Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab’s pay over his handling of the Afghanistan crisis. … Read the full post »
Wendy Chamberlain
Wendy Chamberlain was elected Liberal Democrat Member of Parliament for Fife North East at the 2019 general election.
PODCAST – Why electoral reform matters and how to get more of it
Why is PR a good thing? What’s the route to securing it for more elections? How much should Liberal Democrats talk about it? … Read the full post »
Lessons from John Smith for Keir Starmer: LDN #146
Liberal Democrat Newswire #146 came out last week, this time taking a look at the leader of the Labour Party, Keir Starmer. … Read the full post »
Grandmother fears she will die if deported
Liberal Democrat MP for North East Fife, Wendy Chamberlain, has urged the Home Office not to deport a 70-year-old grandmother. … Read the full post »
Europe and the Liberal Democrats – where next? LDN #141
Europe. It’s still there. That’s both a geographic and a political observation. … 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 »
Daisy Cooper is the new Liberal Democrat education spokesperson
Following the news of Layla Moran taking up the party’s foreign affairs brief, she is being succeeded as education spokesperson by Daisy Cooper. … Read the full post »
Warning over discriminatory risk in Conservative voter ID plans
There is vanishingly small evidence that showing your ID when voting in Britain would reduce electoral fraud. … Read the full post »
Cross-party group demand measures to prevent Covid-19 causing rise in modern slavery
A cross-party group led by the Liberal Democrats has set out a package of demands to protect workers from exploitation during the coronavirus crisis and prevent a rise in modern slavery. … Read the full post »
A fair society is a resilient society: the future for the Lib Dems (LDN #136)
A fair society is one that can best protect and nourish us in the face of the challenges of the age, immediate ones such as coronavirus, long-term ones such as climate change, and endemic ones such as social injustice. … Read the full post »