The adage "if you want to keep something secret, say it in the House of Commons" certainly extends to the Lords on Fridays, when Private Members Bills are taken. However, our team made significant…
With snap election candidacy expiring at the end of May, the selections for 2020 are drawing ever closer. Returning Officers [RO's] are the little known but crucial role to enable this. They're the…
Despite all the bluster from the Tories, they face a reality check on trade, the single market and the rule of law So what's bothering them? Why the sour faces? Surely this is the moment of their…
When people ask where I live, I usually say Stamford, although I actually live in a village a few miles outside it. That's partly because they will have heard of Stamford (unlike my village, it was…
I'm really proud to be the Liberal Democrats' Brexit Spokesman for the South East. Working with Nick Clegg, our national Brexit spokesman, to hold the government to account and fight for the true…
The pitch which the Leave campaign successfully made to the poorest 10% of UK citizens in last June's EU Referendum was that their problems of low pay, insecure jobs and waiting lists for affordable…
As the countdown to party conference continues, I would like to say how pleased I am to be welcoming Spring Conference back to York. Visit York estimate that the weekend will boost the city's economy…
Frequent Opinion Polls since May 2016 show one picture; Conservatives way ahead, Labour & Liberal Democrats suffering, UKIP hanging on. But when we look at "Real Votes from Real People", from a…
On the 2nd March at 7.50 am I boarded a Ryanair flight from Manchester to Charleroi in Belgium. It is an hour and a half train journey from Charleroi to Brussels and the first thing that you notice…
Early life and influences As Minister for Equalities in the recent coalition government, Lynne Featherstone was the originator and architect of the Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Act 2013. She has…