How the Party is run, by, and on behalf of, every member is fundamental to how successful we are at delivering our liberal vision of Britain.

The 2019 General Election Review (the Thornhill Review) set out how we must change in order to succeed at future elections. Since its publication, in many areas we have made strides, but there is still much to do.

Our campaign has already got off to a flying start in the by-election caused by Owen Paterson's disgrace.

The local party had already made impressive progress in this May's local elections. They secured a clear second place and created many marginal Conservative-Liberal Democrat wards.

Now we have a brilliant opportunity to turbo-charge that growth in our support and to see just how angry voters are about sleaze and sewage. Ed Davey is already on his third visit there.

How the Party is run, by, and on behalf of, every member is fundamental to how successful we are at delivering our liberal vision of Britain.

The 2019 General Election Review (the Thornhill Review) set out how we must change in order to succeed at future elections. Since its publication, in many areas we have made strides, but there is still much to do.

The Liberal Democrats have always understood that thriving businesses and motivated entrepreneurs are central to our communities, innovation, quality of life and international standing we all want.

It was the Liberal Democrats who pioneered wind power generation, foresaw the banking crisis, and are today prepared to work to rebuild the trading environment damaged by Brexit and the pandemic.

"Hong Kong now faces unprecedented and fundamental crisis since its establishment as a free trade port. The worst event which had taken place was the Japanese occupation. The Japanese turned this once flourishing, special and vibrant place into an abyss. The Operation Armour, which directs all life-saving materials for the post-war Hong Kong, was based on a mutual trust and support and a special bond traversing blood and racial differences. It is no exaggeration that the people of Hong Kong owes something to Her Majesty. After delving into the history of WWII Hong Kong, I can say it fundamentally changed my view and I am feeling I have some special duty as one of the British Nationals.

Voting opened today in the election for our first ever Vice President responsible for working with ethnic minority communities. Over the next few days, members will receive an email or letter advising them of how to vote for the candidate of their choice and members have until 1200 on Friday December 10th.

We got a bit wet during the march last saturday in Glasgow...

But... we`re

Back Home in the dry now!

Fatima and I left Glasgow this morning to drive, with our caravan, back home to Nottinghamshire. Nice dry day for packing up and driving for six hours! Listening to the radio 4 news at lunchtime and then watching the TV news when back home, the draft agreeement for COP26 really looks a pretty tame affair. Lots of nice words hoping for this and urging that and calling for the other, but precious little in the way of hard ACTION.

On Friday 22^nd October, The Assisted Dying Bill passed through its Second Reading in the House of Lords after an exhausting debate of nearly eight hours.

Party policy, overwhelming adopted at September's Conference debate, supports the bill but allows parliamentarians to vote as they see fit.

Seven Liberal Democrat peers spoke during the debate, with a very strong majority supporting the bill.

On Monday 20^th September, at Autumn Conference, party members amended a key passage of the Preamble to the Party Constitution, to reject prejudice and discrimination on the grounds of non-religious belief or caste.

Previously, the Preamble recognised religious belief but not non-religious belief.

The passage, in the second paragraph of the Preamble, now reads: "Upholding these values of individual and social justice, we reject all prejudice and discrimination based upon race, ethnicity, caste, heritage, class, religion or belief, age, disability, sex, gender or sexual orientation and oppose all forms of entrenched privilege and inequality."

On Saturday 18^th September, at Autumn Conference, party members voted by a huge majority to adopt a new policy on assisted dying law.

The new policy calls for improved end of life care, support for unpaid carers, and legislation to allow medical assistance for terminally ill people who wish to end their lives at a time and manner of their choosing.