Lib Dems enshrine environmentalism in party constitution
The party membership of the Liberal Democrats has today amended the opening lines of the party’s constitution to contain an iron-clad commitment to environmentalism and protecting the planet. The rare move, backed overwhelmingly by members, takes the party’s decades-long commitment to the environment – including nearly quadrupling renewable power usage in government – and puts it at the very start of the preamble. The Liberal Democrats exist to build and safeguard…