by Sam | 17 Sep 2013 | Uncategorized
Home Office minister Jeremy Browne has called for a “national conversation” on whether Muslim girls should be banned from wearing face-veils in public places on the grounds that in some cases they feel compelled to do so by family or peer pressure and so...
by Sam | 17 Sep 2013 | Uncategorized
It’s the penultimate day of the Liberal Democrat conference and the agenda is not quite as heavy as the previous days. It is, however, a good example of how broad discussion at a party conference can be: next to the big issues that affect us all, such as the motion on...
by Sam | 16 Sep 2013 | Uncategorized
The main focus of today will be the motion at 10am on the economy, which has been put forward by the party leadership. Highly unusually, Nick Clegg will be closing the debate and, as I mentioned on Friday, I think other high profile Lib Dems will probably be joining...
by Sam | 15 Sep 2013 | Uncategorized
The first full day of Conference will get underway today with some housekeeping in the form of reports and the membership levy. The big motion of the day is on the green economy, the Lib Dem vision for a zero carbon Britain. It’ll be keenly watched by the renewable...
by Sam | 14 Sep 2013 | Uncategorized
It’s the first day of the Liberal Democrat Autumn Conference. As the party is also a Federal party, the Scottish Liberal Democrats will be kicking the day off with their own Conference. It’s an important one, given that the independence referendum is only a year away....
