United in diversity
Just as Britain has its motto "Honi soit qui mal y pense" (Evil to him who evil thinks), Europe too has a motto, first u...
31 Dec 2015
National News
Sustainable food the Liberal way
Globally, the way we produce food is unsustainable. In the UK alone millions of tonnes of food are being thrown away, soil quality is deteriorating and dairy farmers are shutting up shop on a daily basis because of crazy supermarket price wars. At the moment 800,000,000 people are 'food insecure' meaning they go hungry periodically. Not many are predicting the situation to improve, there is forecast to be a 69% gap between the crop calories produced now and those needed by 2050.
SL
31 Dec 2015
Will the Swiss bring their Bankers to Heel?
Fractional reserve banking (where banks lend out more money than they have in reserve) has made a lot of bankers very rich, but...
30 Dec 2015
Three New Transport Contracts Shift Stone, Aggregates and Ash off the Roads and on to Eco-Friendly Rail
DB Schenker Rail UK have recently announced 3 longterm contracts that will save a total of 2 million lorry miles - better for the environment and better for Britain's roads.
30 Dec 2015
Three New Transport Contracts Shift Stone, Aggregates and Ash off the Roads and on to Eco-Friendly Rail
DB Schenker Rail UK have recently announced 3 longterm contracts that will save a total of 2 million lorry miles - better for the environment and better for Britain's roads.
30 Dec 2015
Lindsay Northover is the new Lib Dem peers rep on the Federal Executive
The election of a member of the party's Federal Executive by the Liberal Democrat peers has had rather more attention than usual recently. But for this year at least the excitement is over with the news that the Lib Dem peers have elected Lindsay Northover to be their rep.
MP
30 Dec 2015