Liberal Democrats
Stop the Government Power Grab on Planning
I was pleased to be invited to speak at the LibDem virtual conference on the proposed changes in the planning process. The focus was on the challenge of how to oppose government meddling in our planning system while delivering the homes we need. IT issues disrupted my opportunity but here’s my contribution.
LibDems launch European Elections 2019 Manifesto
The Liberal Democrats message for European Elections 2019 is simple, clear, unequivocal, emphatic. In the age where we like to consume information and news quickly in easily digestible forms, the #BollocksToBrexit message does just that …..
Vince Cable’s New Year Message – Three Crucial Months
As we enter 2019, time is ticking down on Brexit, and with it the whole future of the country. The history books will look back on these coming three months as critical. It is almost unbelievable that Parliament is waiting a further week to return! After two long years of negotiation, the Prime Minister has brought […]
Why Paddy Ashdown thinks Politics is Failing
I have lost count of the times when campaigning or door knocking to get peoples views, I get some one literally interrupt my doorstep introduction to tell me firmly “sorry I am not interested in politics”, bid me good bye and then firmly
Paddy Ashdown on The Global Power Shift
We live in turbulent times, as events of the last two and a half years have shown. Some of us may think it was unforseen, but that would be showing up our ignorance. Some saw this turbulence way ahead of now, and one of those
Vince’s Christmas message – Empty chairs at the Christmas Table
Vince Cable the Liberal Democrat Leader, has used his Christmas message to focus on the issue of knife crime . He has worked with the St Giles Trust to learn more about the gang culture fuelling knife crime that is costing young people their lives. St Giles Trust is a charity helping people facing severe disadvantage to find […]
Paddy Ashdown Dies Aged 77
The sad news came yesterday evening that Paddy Ashdown, former Liberal Democrat Leader, passed away aged 77. I read the breaking news headlines in shock, because I’d seen him only