Who signed this…. Now is the time to press all Liberal Democrat MPs to stick to what they believe in. At least 13 MPs have said they’re doing the right thing. Until Elwyn Watkins says so, I shan’t be going to Oldham East – the first [potential] by-election in over 15 years that I have [...]
Although its discussions are governed, rightly, by Chatham House rules, the Liberal Democrats’ Federal Policy Committee requires some transparency as its role grows in the eyes of Liberal Democrats and the wider world. Yesterday was my first meeting for 5 years with (it has to be said) a very high-calibre Committee after recent elections. There [...]
The Federal Policy Committee, that is: the Liberal Democrats’ policy-making body. I served from 1998-2001 and again from 2003-05 before standing down. Current circumstances made me want to stand, and I managed to get elected among a record field in which a number of the previous committee didn’t get back on. Commiserations to them. The [...]
Yesterday I was lucky enough to use my lunch break to join Mark Whiley and Reading Liberal Democrats on the NUS/UCU demonstration for fair student funding. I was delighted to, yet others believe Liberal Democrats should not have done so. Right? They couldn’t be more wrong. First, I signed a pledge by NUS not to [...]
For many years, the Labour Party, not just in Saddleworth but in places like Reading too, have decided that it is acceptable to lie and even to stir up hatred and prejudice in order to win elections. Yesterday’s court judgment brings a long-overdue end to that stain on British democracy. It also seems certain to [...]
