"After a year of navel-gazing about 'Registered Supporters' now our Leadership doesn't even seem to have the energy to ask potential supporters to register with this party in particular." Alex Wilcock demands better of the Liberal Democrats. Jane Dodds explains why the Welsh Lib Dems want to trial Universal Basic Income. "It's hard to find a hero in this story. It seems to me to illustrate in a small way the huge challenge at the heart of modern politics: how to fix complex problems in an accountable way with an increasingly broken system." Ed Maxfield on the closure of Norfolk's ...
The Liberal Democrats in Northampton North have chosen Martin Sawyer as their prospective parliamentary candidate. Back in 2010 the Lib Dems were less than 2500 votes behind the winning Tory in a three-way marginal. In 2017 we gor only 2.5 per cent of the vote. I like Sawyer's plan for the site of the town's old Greyfriars bus station, which has been lying unused since demolition in 2015. "My vision for Greyfriars is an urban park with canopies for buses if needed. I've seen something similar in Budapest. The green space would help the town with its air quality problems."And ...
A Leicester Mercury story begins: The electrification on the Midland Mainline will be extended into Leicestershire, the Government has confirmed. Transport ministers have said Network Rail has been instructed to draw up plans upgrade the rail route as far as Market Harborough.Searching this blog, I find that I reported this news in June of last year. My source was a comment to the Nottingham Post by Sir Peter Soulsby, the mayor of Leicester, after the publication of the invitation to tender to provide the service on this line. So the campaign by Harborough's MP Neil O'Brien to have the wires ...
Continuing a theme of previous research over the last few years, data highlighted by Bobby Duffy of Ipsos MORI shows a continuing trend in British public opinion in favour of immigration.
On Wednesday we are holding the budget meeting of the Council to set the Council tax for next year. The Lib Dem Group will be announcing what we are doing on Wednesday afternoon prior to the meeting. As you would ... Continue reading →
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Promised you a miracle unicorn, belief is a beauty thing ... People who voted to leave the EU are going to be sorely disappointed when / if Brexit happens. However, 80s hairstyles were fab. The post Promised you a unicorn appeared first on ten pence piece.
So, we know how to run, we've taken a look at the history of the post and, last week, I offered some thoughts as to the skills required. Today, I'd like to dust off the old crystal ball, and look at what might be the possible challenges when candidate X takes over the reins on 1 January. Party Presidents tend to be most successful when they are either bake to work closely with the Leader, or when the Leader simply allows them to get on with their work without interference. Admittedly, the job of Party management is one that tends ...
Sun, 12:56: RT @BrigidLaffan: This is a brilliant historical dissection of the fork in the road that Britain finds itself. Why no contemporary Cobden?... Sun, 13:27: As usual, an excellent thread on the Brexit state of affairs from @PMDFoster, who I rate as the clearest-thinking U... https://t.co/BgNly7y1Qn Sun, 14:48: RT @jasonomahony: Why would anyone believe the promise that the UK won't concede food safety in trade talks from the same people who swore... Sun, 16:05: RT @uk_domain_names: Defra has put out a detailed Brexit preparedness notice, explaining exactly how dead the UK fisheries industry will be... Sun, 16:10: This is ...
I was fascinated last month while writing about the great Distributist G. K. Chesterton, to find his description of why he stopped being a socialist. Because, although he wrote it more a than a cemtury ago, it is again the main reason why I can't be a socialist, despite the fact that I have always considered myself on the left, somewhere or other. Chesterton's stumbling block was the "tone of bitterness [and] atmosphere of hopelessness" encouraged among socialists. And, a century on, take a long hard look at those on the socialist left that you know, and it feels remarkably ...
For the past half year (if not longer), Prime Minister Theresa May has, everytime she appeared at the Despatch Box to talk about Brexit (often postponing votes and talking platitudes), told the broad mass of MP's anxious about getting a No Deal Brexit cliff-jump: "The best way of avoiding a No Deal situation is voting for the deal I'm putting on the table; there is no alternative". For the past weeks, she's been forced by her own party to see if, in the case of the Backstop (which became necessary because of May's own "red lines"), there could be a ...
Mon 4th
10:17
The Independent Group: earthshattering or earthbound? Never Mind The Bar Charts Episode 1
Listen and enjoy as Stephen and I discuss the future of The Independent Group, its possible impact on British politics, parallels with the SDP and what it means for the Liberal Democrats.
The Daily Telegraph has the article on its website – see link below:- Extract from the article – 'Vulnerable pensioners with dementia and Parkinson's are facing crippling care bills following attempts by health officials to restrict the numbers receiving NHS funding. Under national rules, any patient with a significant health problem should have their care and nursing fees paid in full – if the condition is deemed to be the main reason they need such help. But an investigation by The Telegraph reveals that authorities are increasingly refusing to fund care, claiming that devastating diseases are not severe, or ...
I welcome guest posts on Liberal England. As you can see from this list of the 10 most recent ones, I am happy to consider a wide range of subjects. If you would like to write a guest post yourself, please send me an email so we can discuss your idea. The Second World War families who took evacuees into their homes - Gillian MawsonWhat happened to the 8th Lincolns at the battle of Loos? - Nigel AtterThe importance of respectful relationships between teachers and pupils - Sean Warren and Stephen BiggerThe Lib Dems and Brexit: How a shot in ...
Mon 4th
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Come and see Layla Moran, Siobhan Benita and Dillie Keane at the National Liberal Club...
If you want to know how you can spend a wonderful evening in the company of Layla Moran, Siobhan Benita and Dillie Keane, keep on reading. Did you help campaign to win Richmond Park? Did you spend the summer of 2003 knocking on doors in Brent East? Did you graduate from university and then get on a train so you could help with he last of the knocking up in Cheadle? I did and I helped out in by-elections too numerous to mention where we came within a few hundred votes of winning, saw massive surges in our vote or ...
I was fascinated last month while writing about the great Distributist G. K. Chesterton, to find his description of why he stopped being a socialist. Because, although he wrote it more a than a cemtury ago, it is again the main reason why I can't be a socialist, despite the fact that I have always [...] The post 5 reasons why the left is still losing appeared first on Radix.
Today's front page headline by the Guardian must be one of the most unexpected of all time. Faced with a leader who describes Islam as "a death cult" and who has appointed the anti-Muslim activist Tommy Robinson as an adviser moderate members of UKIP have abandoned the party to replaced by right wingers who are more sympathetic to this world-outlook. The paper's sources say that many of the 8,000 or so newcomers who have joined in recent months appear to be younger and more radical, attracted both by Robinson and the party's links to controversial YouTube agitators. Members of UKIP's ...
Welcome to the start of a new week here at Liberal Democrat Voice. Our Party press release coverage appears to be quite successful, but I find myself wondering if it might not be more useful first thing in the morning, rather than last thing at night, so here it is in the early morning slot. Do let us know what you think... Cable: Corbyn must work with opposition leaders to secure a people's vote Fox must come clean on failure to secure trade deals Moran: Govt must be more ambitious to end period poverty Corbyn must confirm people's vote support ...
There's a new episode of A History of Rock Music in 500 Songs now up. This one's on "The Wallflower" by Etta James, and talks about answer records, white cover versions of black musicians, and the Goon Show.
