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Article: Oct 19, 2019By Christine Jardine
There was a question at an early hustings which reminded me of exactly why I am a Liberal Democrat and why I am standing to be your Party President.
The question itself was about books and what we had been reading recently which, for me, was a special edition of Life Magazine dedicated to Robert Kennedy on the 50th anniversary of his assassination.
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Article: Oct 18, 2019
Voting for the federal board election will open at 9 a.m. on 29th October 2019. You can find out more about all the internal elections here: www.libdems.org.uk/internal-elections
A note on the manifestos: The order in which candidates' manifestos appear was generated at random using the =RAND() Excel function. The document contains all the manifestos that were correctly supplied by the deadline for candidates supplied by the Returning Officer.
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Article: Oct 17, 2019
History is inescapable. It helps define our identity, our culture and our sense of belonging. By connecting to the past, we gain a better understanding of ourselves and our place in the world. Yet, some parts of history are ignored, suppressed or erased altogether. None more so than black history.
Although black people have been living in Britain as far back as the Roman Empire, their place in our national history has been exiled to the farthest margins.
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Article: Oct 17, 2019
It seems Boris Johnson has managed to cobble together yet another disastrous Brexit deal.
It remains to be seen if he can get the deal passed by the House of Commons, but we already know two things for certain:
We will use every option available to give you the right to stop Brexit
- Whatever deal Johnson proposes, it's not as good as the one we have now as a member of the EU.
- We will not stop fighting to stop Brexit.
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Article: Oct 17, 2019By Liberal Democrats
Voting for the federal board election will open at 9 a.m. on 29th October 2019. You can find out more about all the internal elections here: www.libdems.org.uk/internal-elections
A note on the manifestos: The order in which candidates' manifestos appear was generated at random using the =RAND() Excel function. The document contains all the manifestos that were correctly supplied by the deadline for candidates supplied by the Returning Officer.
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Article: Oct 16, 2019
The news just broke: turns out that the SNP spent more on the recent Shetland by-election than in the entire EU referendum campaign.
It seems that the SNP just see Brexit as a golden opportunity to push independence at the price of our country's well-being.
ShockerThe party spent £99,000 on the Shetland by-election (of a spending limit of £100,000), compared to just over £90,000 in the 2016 referendum (13% of the limit)
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Article: Oct 15, 2019
With her conference speech today Nicola Sturgeon has shown that she has given up on all the people across the UK trying to stop Brexit.
The momentum is with us. We can win this, if we stick together.
Instead of helping to unite people across the country, the SNP this week ruled out any co-operation unless they get independence.
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Article: Oct 15, 2019
Mike joins us from his current position as Chief Executive of Addaction, a mental health, drug, alcohol and young persons charity, and was previously Assistant Chief Executive at Citizens Advice and through both of which he has extensive experience of managing member-style organisations.
I am delighted Mike will be taking on this crucial role at such an exciting time for the Liberal Democrats. Mike's experience in senior management and at leading organisations will be hugely valuable to the continuing growth of the party off the back of successive election campaigns which have put the Liberal Democrats back in a strong position in UK politics.
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Article: Oct 15, 2019
During the recent online hustings, the chair Lorely Burt produced a horribly complicated diagram from a few years back showing how the Liberal Democrats are structured. It's a good point - our organisation can be complicated, confusing and even hazardous to navigate.
Looking at the diagram, I did a quick mental tally of how many of the bodies shown on it I've served on at some point in my many years as a party staffer, including running the party's digital operation for Charles Kennedy, and as a volunteer, as a local party officer, regional officer, English party committee member and federal committee member.
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Article: Oct 14, 2019
Today, Her Majesty The Queen opened the new parliamentary session. But we have exactly the same problems as we did in the last session: a government with no majority, no leadership and no realistic plan for our country.
I used my speech in Parliament today to give a warning to my fellow MPs.Here's my speech in full: