Lib Dems: Compulsory voter ID is an attempt to rig our elections Lib Dems: Govt must ban arms sales to Turkey Lib Dems: Compulsory voter ID is an attempt to rig our elections Responding to the reports that the Government are set to announce it will be compulsory for voters to show identification at the next election, Liberal Democrat shadow minister for the Cabinet Office, Tom Brake said: The move by the Government to make voter ID compulsory is a thinly-veiled attempt to rig the results of future elections. We know from the pilot back in 2018 that voter fraud ...
"In her eight years in Stormont, she four times introduced a Human Rights Bill, which would have created structures for human rights accountability in Northern Ireland." Nicholas Whyte discovers the remarkable career of Sheelagh Murnaghan. The third volume of Charles Moore's biography of Margaret Thatcher is reviewed by Andrew Marr: "Her biggest failure was her attitude to Germany. The fall of the Berlin Wall and the coming together of the communist East and capitalist West is today seen as a pivotal moment of joy and hope. She completely misunderstood it. Her anti-Germanism, going back to her childhood, was so strong ...
Former Member of Parliament, current member of the House of Lords and permanent owner of a place in the history books for her work on same-sex marriage, Lynne Featherstone knows a thing or two about what it takes to win.
Black, Asian and women Labour MPs have asked for a meeting with Jeremy Corbyn over their concern they are being disproportionately targeted for deselection. The author of that article, ITV's political correspondent Paul Brand, later tweeted that meeting will take place on Tuesday afternoon. But how can this be? Surely Labour activists are so woke it hurts? They may be, but the people who command their loyalty - Jeremy Corbyn and Jon Lansman - cut their political teeth in a very different era. When they were young, concern with sexual or racial inequality was widely dismissed on the hard left ...
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Responding to the reports that the Government are set to announce it will be compulsory for voters to show identification at the next election, Liberal Democrat shadow minister for the Cabinet Office, Tom Brake said: "The move by the Government to make voter ID compulsory is a thinly-veiled attempt to rig the results of future elections. We know from the pilot back in 2018 that voter fraud was inconsequential, whilst what the pilot did do was turn away a disproportionate number of vulnerable voters. "Boris Johnson is clearly taking a leaf out of Trump's playbook by using false claims about ...
Today, the Liberal Democrats have called on the Conservative Government to ban all arm sales to Turkey. Following the human rights violations in Syria, Chuka Umunna, the Liberal Democrat Shadow Foreign Secretary, said: "It is clear that there have been human rights violations against the Kurdish people in Syria. It is only right that the UK now bans any export of arms that could be used by Turkey in Syria. "It has long been Liberal Democrat policy to oppose arm sales to those who commit human rights violations and the situation in Syria is no different. The Conservative government must ...
My colleague, Cllr Mirna Juarez, has tabled a motion to the first meeting of the Climate Change Select Committee of Liverpool Council asking for a review of all grass verges and spaces between dual carriageways in Liverpool, with a view ... Continue reading →
As mentioned yesterday, we spent last weekend in Dordrecht, enjoying the art and environment of this Dutch city. [IMG: IMG_7363.JPG] The Hof is now part of the Dordrechts Museum where we spent the Sunday morning. I'm not normally a huge fan of art museums; maybe it was the mood I was in (wedding anniversary weekend, so some celebration) but I saw a lot to like here. The pictures of the art are not mine, mostly from the museum's official website. There were several temporary exhibitions on, two on individual artists which didn't do much for me but also a brilliant ...
By tradition this - the B side of their 1967 single A Little Bit Me, A Little Bit You - was the first record on which the Monkees were allowed to play the instruments themselves. Peter Tork, heard beating the living daylights out of a harpsichord here, was on various tracks before this, but it was their debut as a real group. I have chosen a clip from the Prefab Four's television series. The action has little to do with the mood and lyrics of the song, but it is a reminder of just what a treat this programme was ...
Yesterday London Liberal Democrats packed the congregational church in Kentish Town for an autumn conference that was a mixture of celebration and determination. The celebration was largely because of the brilliant European election results in May, when the party topped the polls in London, sending three MEPs to Brussels.Moreover, the region's membership at 24,000 is [...]
Over on the party website, the Party's Vice President BAME, Isabelle Parasram, writes about how she is working with the English Party to improve diversity and our party's engagement with diverse communities. For example, when I attend high profile events, wherever possible I also invite BAME members and supporters to attend with me. One such event was the launch of the Commonwealth 8.7 Network at the Australian High Commission. Through the Commonwealth 8.7 Network, over 60 civil society organisations will work together to push for greater action across the Commonwealth in eradicating modern slavery and achieving the United Nations Sustainable ...
Hello! I'm Mark Pack, author of 101 Ways To Win An Election, and the maintainer of the largest database of national voting intention polls in the UK, stretching back to 1943. Welcome to a round-up of the latest general election voting intention figures from each of the polling firms currently active in the UK. Below the table, you'll find the option to sign up to email updates about new polls and also a set of answers to frequently asked questions about political polling. General election voting intention polls Pollster Con Lab LD Grn BXP Con/Lab gap Fieldwork ComRes 33% (nc) ...
Sat, 12:17: RT @mmargmarques: Second day at #TatraSummit2019. Looking forward to participate at 11.15 in "A European New Green Deal?" focus group. @GLO... Sat, 12:24: Another beautiful day in Štrbské Pleso #TatraSummit2019 https://t.co/Ftc9mRdHzO Sat, 12:55: Penultimate panel of #TatraSummit2019 with @SCClemons and @MiroslavLajcak. https://t.co/gQebX9xhXl Sat, 12:56: 'I've been here 50 years': the EU citizens struggling for the right to stay in Britain https://t.co/UKIghqGp7q Home... https://t.co/Ik4zkdqJSR Sat, 13:15: Decently oblique view of my bald patch. https://t.co/n0hZJfyXGu Sat, 13:16: Replying to me, @MiroslavLajcak says that those who want to block EU accession negotiations with North Macedonia an... https://t.co/H1SKItg6Va Sat, 13:28: Decently oblique ...
In a clear and confident interview on Ridge on Sunday this morning, Jo Swinson staked her claim to be Prime Minister. Jo Swinson it is "entirely possible" that the Lib Dems could win a majority at the next election. Get live updates on #Ridge here: https://t.co/gkVGqz18Dg pic.twitter.com/K2XzBdViUp — Ridge on Sunday (@RidgeOnSunday) October 13, 2019 This is another great interview from Jo. Clear answers to the questions she is asked and is clear about her ambitions for the party. She is totally serious about us going all out to win the election. She wants and intends to lead a party ...
Here's the latest piece I've done for the party website on my pitch to be the next President of the Liberal Democrats. Probably the most common question I've had so far in this campaign is 'what's the role of President?' It's an important question because it gets to the heart of what we need to do to be more successful in our ambition to build a fair, free and open society, as it says in our constitution. One part of the role - being the voice of the grassroots in the room with the party leadership - is one all ...
Over at the Telegraph we learn that the UK Government is to announce in the Queen's speech that it will push ahead with proposals to require voters across the country to show identification such as driving licences or passports before casting their ballot. They say that Ministers are planning to introduce a legal requirement for voters to produce photographic ID, in order to safeguard against electoral fraud. A new Electoral Integrity Bill will also limit the number of relatives for whom anyone can act as a proxy, and outlaw the "harvesting" of postal ballots by political parties and activists. Although ...
Next Saturday, as Parliament sits for the first time on a Saturday in 37 years to try and sort the Brexit mess, a massive People's Vote march will be taking place. MPs will be able to hear the end of the rally in Parliament Square. The Lib Dems will be marching in support of a People's Vote with the very clear aim to stop Brexit. We will be meeting at 11 am at the Duke of Wellington Memorial Statue at Hyde Park Corner. In October last year, I made the 800 miles in a day round trip to make my ...
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DUNDEE CITY COUNCIL - WEEKLY ROAD REPORT REPORT FOR WEST END WARD - WEEK COMMENCING MONDAY 14 OCTOBER 2019 SSEN Pitfour Area Cable Renewal - Phase 1: Pitfour Street (City Road to Roseberry Street) closed for up to one week; Phase 2: City Road (Pentland Avenue to Scott Street) closed southbound for up to 4 weeks (to follow Phase 1). Forthcoming Roadworks Westfield Lane - closed from Tuesday 22 October for 5 weeks for building repair works.
