Breaking Britain returns, this time it’s the schools
Why is so much of Britain’s infrastructure literally falling apart?
13 Sep 2023
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Press release on the Autumn Statement.
Lib Dems condemn “chaotic and incompetent” budget
17 Nov 2022
Sewage in our Rivers
The sheer quantity of raw sewage being dumped into Britain’s rivers and coastal areas is a scandal and a disgrace.
14 Sep 2022
Some thoughts on reading “Coalition” by David Laws
Could Nick Clegg be the "comeback kid"? I am currently working my way through ex MP and Minister David Laws' book on the 2010-2015 Coalition government. Whether it's a little soon to be penning such a portrait of what many of us feel was a worthwhile, if flawed, project so soon after its demise is debatable. The cynics might conclude that, deprived of his parliamentary and ministerial source of income, Mr Laws was presented by his publisher with an offer he could not refuse. Whatever his motives, his quite candid book offers a fascinating insight into how governments work and into some of the characters who populate them. Some of you will probably take issue with some of my conclusions, as I have always been a supporter of this experiment in peace time cohabitation. After all, if you believe in Proportional Representation, which usually, but no always, produces parties with no overall majority, you have got to put your money where your mouth is and not back off when the first, and possibly, only opportunity i
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1 Jul 2016
Labour Councillors reject Lib Dem call for rethink on 3 day market
A meeting of Blackburn with Darwen's Call-In Committee last night rejected calls for a rethink on the demolition of Darwen's 3 day market. The Liberal Democrats and Conservatives jointly called the decision in, but all the Labour Councillors on the committee voted against the move.
1 Jul 2016
Theresa May: I wouldn’t call an early general election
On Wednesday night the Lib Dem Federal Policy Committee (FPC) starting putting in place the system for writing our next general election manifesto, so as to be ready in the event of a snap general election this year. But worth noting also is this from Tory leadership candidate Theresa May:
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1 Jul 2016
Carlford by-election: How fast is your broadband?
More and more, the modern world assumes that we all have access to high-speed broadband. In areas outside larger towns, this is...
1 Jul 2016
Surge in membership of Liberal Democrats in Exeter
Someone has joined the Lib Dems every single minute since the referendum result including many in Exeter. Our assumptions about institutionalised British values of equality, freedom, liberty and justice have been rocked as the refendum represented a tipping point to the instincts of fear, insularity and division.
1 Jul 2016
Exeter Liberal Democrats united in shock at the vote to Leave
Unlike the other main parties, we are united in our shock at the referendum decision and the advance of fear, intolerance and division.
1 Jul 2016