Liberal news for a more liberal world
Here we are again –– though this time, it has been rather longer a wait. The stuttering, quick-paced elections of 2015-2019 have given way to the yawn of a full five-year term. And ‘yawn’ really is the proper word. The Conservative Party promised much in 2019. They smashed the so-called Red Wall. They dismantled the Labour Party. They pledged reform, levelling up, unlocking the benefits of departing from the European…
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…
Liberals stand with the repressed. Conservatives stand with those trying to entrench their privilege. We must never be the latter.
by Guy Benson This year’s local elections represent the biggest set of local elections ever to take place in England at any one time, as a result of it being the combination of last year’s delayed elections alongside this year’s regularly scheduled contests. Combine the dual sets of local elections with devolved elections in Scotland and Wales plus elections of Police and Crime Commissioners, Mayors, and the London Assembly…
Who are we kidding by trying to pretend we are not pro-rejoin?
At present, we are like a horse looking for a rider, wandering aimlessly around the paddock.
The Local View is a new feature, publishing pieces by elected Liberal Democrat councillors on their experiences, concerns and wishes for the future. In this first piece, an anonymous councillor exhorts their colleagues to stand up to their residents rather than being mere vessels for their illiberal views. Like many Liberal Democrats, I was horrified when some of our representatives started spouting anti-5G rhetoric. 5G has been proven safe…
The Lib Dems contain two tribes with fundamentally opposing views of politics.
Lib Dems and Greens oppose anti-trans amendment at Holyrood
It is directly contradictory to our liberal principles and our fundamental ideological belief in a more equitable and free society.