Reform press conference: Farage wants to follow Putin and tear up our hard-won rights Dash Questionnaire "doesn't work": Urgent review into approach to domestic abuse needed Starmer must rule out conceding to Trump on digital services tax Government's latest announcement on EU deal shows it "moving at a speed sloths would laugh at" Liberal Democrats warn of Reform 'Taliban Tax' as regime says it is willing to work with Farage Reform press conference: Farage wants to follow Putin and tear up our hard-won rights Responding to Reform's press conference this morning, Liberal Democrat Deputy Leader Daisy Cooper said: Farage's plan ...
"Interesting" developments in the UK over the summer. I suppose (?), it is good to see people marching, demonstrating, and more importantly exercising their right to express their views and opinions. Personally, I have no problem with the UK or English flags being flown or waved. I understand that any flag is often seen as a national symbol and it will strongly resonate with many residents. The flag itself reminds people of their heritage, customs and traditions. During my recent trip to Croatia, I have noticed countless flags being flown across towns, cities and neighbourhoods. The Croatian flag is strongly ...
Robert Bloom, a Reform UK member of North Northamptonshire Council, has resigned his seat after allegations of a racist tirade against a neighbour. The Northamptonshire Telegraph says of Bloom, who was elected for the Lloyds and Corby Old Village ward in May: A neighbour told this newspaper that he shouted the word 'n*****' at her repeatedly, said he would set the far-right English Defence League on her and told her there'd be 'black body bags'. The Telegraph goes on to report: The detailed allegations have been put to Cllr Bloom's representative who said he did not deny any of them. ...
Our Bournemouth Conference (20-23 September) is nearly here. It may be only our second Autumn Federal Conference since the start of Keir Starmer's time in 10 Downing Street, but already politics has moved on hugely. With the dramatic failure of Labour to fail to get to grips with government, the rise of Reform and Kemi Badenoch being... well, Kemi Badenoch, there are new and important political opportunities for the Liberal Democrats. We see that week in, week out in council by-elections where it is only the Liberal Democrats who can consistently take on and beat Reform. Even in former Labour ...
This may be a slight exaggeration, but the fact is that no-one who has contacted me and who lives in the L18 area has demanded that I should support a KFC on Allerton Road and hundreds have done the opposite with their emails, phone calls and petitions. What are the objections, and I do not list these in any order or priority: Health. Liverpool Council has unanimously adopted a health strategy to take us up to 2040. One of its key objectives is to reduce the obesity in the city which is a real health hazard, and which cumulatively is ...
The Liberal Party I joined in 1960 was far better at thinking than campaigning. The party leader, Jo Grimond, published several books, with radical proposals ranging from co-ownership to joining the 'Common Market' and cancelling the independent deterrent. There were multiple policy groups, several academically-led bodies like the 'Unservile State Group' that published their own lengthy analyses, and a Liberal Summer School. We weren't much good at campaigning, but we prided ourselves on being 'the party of ideas'. Young Liberals in the 1960s also loved debating policy, but after the setbacks of the 1964 and 1966 elections were critical of ...
Liberal Democrat Newswire #200 came out last week and you can now also read it in full below. But if you'd like to get future editions emailed direct to you as soon as they are published, just sign up now: Welcome to Lib Dem Newswire #200 and let's celebrate reaching this round number with a reminder of one of the very best political interviews of all time, courtesy of Australian politics. And no, this isn't a spoof: He went on to lead his party to two election defeats. Before we get to the main part of this newsletter, congratulations to ...
The new Stiperstones Landscape National Nature Reserve is good news for dormice that live in the woods of Shropshire's Hope Valley. BBC News quotes Tom Freeland, English Nature's head of nature reserves, as saying that the cooperation between organisations that the new reserve encourages will make it easier to provide more suitable habitat for the creatures. He says: "Now listed as vulnerable, the loss of hedgerows and changing woodland management practices has seen hazel dormouse numbers plummet in the last two decades. "We're carefully managing the woodland at Hope Valley to create and maintain more favourable habitat for dormice. "By ...
Our joint weekly ward surgery takes place tonight. This week it is as follows : Blackness Library (Tuesdays 5pm - every week during school term time) All welcome - no appointment necessary!
The Independent reports that government's analysis has found that Keir Starmer's winter fuel cuts will hit around 600,000 disabled pensioners this winter. The paper says that the prime minister's decision to restrict the payment to those earning £35,000 or less will see more than two million pensioners miss out on the allowance, worth up to £300. Of those, more than a quarter are disabled and will be forced to hand back the £300 payment through the tax system: It comes despite the government's U-turn on its original decision to strip winter fuel payments from millions more pensioners, with the cuts ...
