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Our party should be a natural home for those who don’t want to accept things the way that they are. This is how I’d push us forward as leader, writes Lib Dem MP Layla Moran.
Squeezed by extremes in both directions, voters didn’t know what our party stood for in the last election. That cannot happen again, writes Lib Dem MP Ed Davey.
George Floyd’s death continued to reverberate around the world this week, with protests in Bristol leading to the tearing down of Edward Colston’s statue due to his links to the slave trade. Is Britain finally facing up to the systemic racism present in the country?
The ‘virtual Parliament’ allowed me to look after my wife and my constituents from home during the pandemic. But if the government gets its way, I'll have to choose between my duty and my family.
Hope Not Hate Campaigns Director, and former Labour Adviser, Matthew McGregor and Ryan Shorthouse, Chief Executive of moderate Tory Think-thank Bright Blue join Arj and Paul to discuss elections, conference season and whether the Lib Dem surge is tangible.
He is the sixth MP to defect to Jo Swinson’s party in the last few months.
Lib Dem Leadship candidate Jo Swinson joins HuffPost UK's Arj Singh and Paul Waugh to discuss the past week in Westminster, where leadership from both Boris Johnson and Jeremy Corbyn was sorely tested.Lib Dem Leadship candidate Jo Swinson joins HuffPost UK's Arj Singh and Paul Waugh to discuss the past week in Westminster, where leadership from both Boris Johnson and Jeremy Corbyn was sorely tested. For Johnson, he's refusal to say whether he backed the embattled UK ambassador in a diplomatic row with Donald Trump drew criticism, while for Corbyn a Panorama documentary raised questions of Labour's handling of an anti-Semitism within the party.
The longer this reckless expenditure continues, the more concerned I become, writes Lib Dem MP Layla Moran
Liberalism is still alive in the UK – but it’s time to wake up and time to turn an inclination into a movement, Lib Dem member Adam Kirby writes
He tells PLP: "I get it". Admits clearer message needed.