Alex Macfie

1 month ago | libdemvoice.org | Caron Lindsay |Alex Macfie |Jenny Barnes |David Evans

Since this session of the Scottish Parliament started in 2021, Lib Dem MSP for Orkney has been working diligently through many consultation stages to bring in a Members’ Bill which would allow terminally ill adults with capacity a choice to have an assisted death. Today, the Bill passed its first parliamentary stage by 70 votes to 56. This is the first time an assisted dying bill has reached this stage.

1 month ago | libdemvoice.org | Caron Lindsay |Alex Macfie |Jenny Barnes |David Evans

Ed Davey has written a book about his own varied and lifelong caring experience and it’s coming out on 22 May, just in time for me to tae my copy with me on my Highland holiday. He sent an email to party members telling us about the book and letting us know that we can get 30% if we pre-order by 21 May. He said:As you know, caring is, and has been, much of my life. And yet, it is only since becoming Leader that I have felt comfortable and compelled to speak about it.

1 month ago | libdemvoice.org | Richard Kilpatrick |Michael Anderson |Alex Macfie |Jenny Barnes

An alternative VE day message – Standing with Ukraine. In 2025, the world marks 80 years since Victory in Europe (VE) Day. But the war in Ukraine rages on – a stark reminder that peace and freedom can never be taken for granted. While we celebrate the end of an old conflict, millions of Ukrainians are still living through the devastation of an ongoing war.

1 month ago | libdemvoice.org | Caron Lindsay |John Mchugo |Alex Macfie |Jenny Barnes

Editor’s Note: This article originally appeared last month. We’ve just heard from Cllr Ben Rigby, the Group Chair of the Lib Dem Group on Brentwood Council, a Lib Dem led council in coalition, that they too have been listed for an award so we have added them in and are re-running the article. The Local Authority publication the Municipal Journal has shortlisted a number of Lib Dem-led Councils for their ‘Local Authority of the Year Award’.

Jul 14, 2024 | libdemvoice.org | Caron Lindsay |John Waller |Alex Macfie |Suzanne Fletcher

I was about to go to bed last night when news started to filter through about shots being fired at a Trump rally in Pennsylvania. The initial pictures showing a bleeding Donald Trump being taken from the stage by the Secret Service agents who had courageously got between him and the bullets that were being sent his way were incredibly disturbing. Thankfully, he was ok, though he is bound to be shocked but two people died and two people are, at the time of writing, critically ill.