Liberal Democrat Voice

1 month ago | libdemvoice.org | William Wallace |Peter Martin |Jenny Barnes |Mark Paine

May’s local elections confirmed what opinion polls had been indicating for several months: that England now has five political parties attracting between 10% and 30% of voters. Nationalist parties in Scotland and Wales make six serious parties: an even more crowded field.  Of course it’s possible that over the next four years UK politics might return to its traditional two-party model. But that doesn’t look likely.

1 month ago | libdemvoice.org | Caron Lindsay |Jenny Barnes |Chris Moore |William Francis

The recent Supreme Court judgement on the definition of a women by “biological sex”, a concept described by BMA resident doctors as “scientifically illiterate” has caused real anxiety amongst trans people whilst not making women any safer. In fact, with the current media focus on toilets and changing rooms, it’s likely to lead to all women being less safe and subject to challenge if they don’t conform to gender stereotypes. It’s a lose-lose if ever there was one.

1 month ago | libdemvoice.org | Caron Lindsay |Jenny Barnes |Chris Moore |William Francis

The sun is shining, it’s Brussels Pride (where Lib Dem Women chair Donna Harris is today),  Doctor Who Eurovision (the Interstellar Song Contest featuring Rylan) and Actual Eurovision from Basel and it’s IDAHOBIT, the International Day against Homophobia, Biphobia and Transphobia. Could a day be any more fabulous? The LGBT community needs a moment of respite. Life for them, particularly our trans colleagues, is fairly unremittingly awful at the moment.

1 month ago | libdemvoice.org | Caron Lindsay |Jenny Barnes |Chris Moore |William Francis

Our newest MSP Jamie Greene has hit the ground running since he joined us last month. Since being appointed as Economy and Finance spokesperson by Alex Cole-Hamilton, he has been holding the SNP to account on such issues as their spectacular ferry failures. He knocked it out of the park on Debate Night (BBC Scotland Question Time equivalent which, unlike its UK counterpart, you can often watch without losing the will to live) on Wednesday.

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.