Tweet number one, on the future for our politics, and Labour once again blinking when it comes to supporting electoral reform: This is deeply disappointing. We can only build a better politics and a fairer country with a fairer electoral system. We will keep working with the many in the Labour Party and across all parties who want to see a fairer electoral system.https://t.co/GivY4UWHvf — Ed Davey MP [IMG: 🔶] [IMG: 🇪🇺] (@EdwardJDavey) September 27, 2021 Email* Enter Email Confirm Email Name* First Last What would you like to receive?* Liberal Democrat Newswire: monthly newsletter Polling UnPacked (political opinion polling ...
This year's Young Liberals elections are up and running, with nominations open until 4 October and the winners being decided by 25 October. Naturally, here at Liberal Democrat Voice, we not only don't endorse candidates, but maintain strict neutrality, working with Returning Officers to ensure that, as far as the pages of this organ are concerned, we don't tilt the electoral playing field towards, or away from, individual candidates. However, we do want to encourage all eligible members to take part in these upcoming elections, be it as a candidate or a voter. Many of us have worked with, or ...
Well, major drama today. F got pinged yesterday as having had a high risk contact last week, went for a test and was told today that he had tested positive for COVID. So I immediately went and got myself tested at the hospital in Ixelles, finished off the undelegatable stuff at work and came home. He has no symptoms, Anne and I have no symptoms, but you have to do what the rules say. What exactly the rules say is not completely clear - the chap who I spoke to on the national tracing line said that since I am ...
More bad publicity hit some of the national media over the past few days when news broke that Joe Anderson had failed in his attempt to seek a judicial review into his arrest on suspicion of bribery and witness intimidation. ... Continue reading →
Tue 28th
16:46
LibLink - Vince Cable: Keir Starmer needs a miracle - he has nothing to lose by being brave
Over on the Independent, Vince Cable argues that Labour needs to "turn around the oil tanker of negative public opinion about Starmer, and to erode the remorseless Tory lead, which seems to persist no matter how many errors Boris Johnson presides over": In the world of miracles, great value is attached to visions. Starmer is routinely attacked for lacking one. He probably takes the sensible view that politicians with visions should see a psychiatrist. But he has been persuaded to put pen to paper and inspire the world with his visionary prospectus - the Starmer version of The Audacity of ...
Tue 28th
14:46Davey: "Unforgivable" that military drivers only now receiving training for fuel crisis
Ed Davey has criticised the Government's incompetence and failure to plan ahead, after it was revealed that 150 military drivers will only now receive training to drive petrol tankers despite months of warnings from businesses. As Energy Secretary and chair of the emergency Cobra committee during the fuel crisis of 2012, Ed Davey developed contingency plans to ensure around 800 trained military drivers would be on hand to drive fuel tankers if needed in an emergency. A Ministry of Defence report from 2014 says army personnel had been "trained and on call to deliver fuel in the event of strike ...
At first glance, the story from Canada of a political campaigner caught removing a leaflet from a rival sounds like the sort of story that crops up every now and again, even if a little more high profile than usual: An investigation has been launched into an incident involving Liberal MP-elect George Chahal, Calgary police confirm. Chahal, formerly a city councillor, ran for the Liberals in the riding of Calgary Skyview and captured the sole non-Conservative seat in the city from incumbent Jag Sahota on Monday. The day before the election, he was captured on a doorbell camera removing one ...
Rightly, we expect Government to step in when the market has gone wrong. Through regulation or remediation, the state is there to protect its citizens. And yet millions of leaseholders are being horribly let down by the Government. A government which is letting developers off the hook. The Government and developers have now known for over four years that homes are unsafe - not just with dangerous cladding, but with all sorts of other fire risks which have been identified - and not just on high rise blocks, as I know too well from the local Worcester Park fire in ...
Mon, 16:09: For all fans of British politics, we present the UK Party Conference Quiz, 2021, from @apcoworldwide @UKPoliticalNews - give it a try! https://t.co/PsY2WC0XJ3 Mon, 18:31: Wake: The Hidden History of Women-Led Slave Revolts, by Rebecca Hall and Hugo Mart�nez https://t.co/tOf5fkvLQP Mon, 19:10: RT @remkorteweg: Ever wondered what this fabled "Dutch directness" is? Listen to a Dutch trade union official discuss UK driver shortages... Mon, 19:39: The Minsk Group! Named after a conference that never happened. Appropriately enough. https://t.co/Qo4o0lYj2v Tue, 10:45: RT @LSRPlaid: "Why would you want to go to Britain, ... face all this hostile environment, if you ...
Kathy King, former Liberal Councillor, passed away earlier this month. She was a real character who added colour to council meetings and was a great advocate of the people of Birtley in Gateshead who she represented. Local politics without her will be duller. She will be missed.Kathy's funeral was yesterday and I attended the service at St Joseph's RC Church, Birtley. A good crowd was there and
Tue 28th
10:17Union delegates block electoral reform motion - despite 79.5% support from Labour members
The Independent reports: Trade unions have blocked Labour from campaigning for proportional representation after a tight vote at the party's conference in Brighton. Delegates sent by members to the gathering overwhelmingly backed a motion in favour of electoral reform by 79.5 per cent to 20.49 per cent. But the vast majority of delegates sent by trade unions voted against the plan, meaning the motion was lost by a total of 42 per cent to 57 per cent. Ed Davey commented: This is deeply disappointing. We can only build a better politics and a fairer country with a fairer electoral system. ...
The government must ensure that health and care staff, teachers and other essential workers are given priority access to fuel, Liberal Democrat Leader Ed Davey has said. The former Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change warned that the government mustn't "allow their incompetence to damage people's health and undermine our children's education." It comes amid a warning from the British Medical Association that as pumps run dry "there is a real risk that NHS staff won't be able to do their jobs". Liberal Democrat Leader Ed Davey said: Nurses and doctors are struggling to get to work, vulnerable ...
"History must have been in the mood to make things pretty obvious for once, since it has given us the most perfect mathematical example of how, and how not, to deal with loud-mouthed populism. In 2017, the AfD won 12.6% of the national vote. That is, of course, exactly the same as Ukip won here in 2015. And look now at the tale of these two conservative parties." James Hawes pays tribute to Angela Merkel. Ella Glover reviews a new book that makes the case for reducing the working week. "From its inception, eugenics was a political creed, but one ...
