Now Tory MP says diabetics have only themselves to blame!
Once again I've been inundated with complaints about my Tory successor. Email/phone red hot etc…
17 Nov 2015
National News
Finland prepares universal basic income experiment
Pack a heavy coat, folks, we're going to Finland. The Finnish Social Insurance Institution, also known as Kela, has begun work on a proposal that would guarantee a basic income to every citizen of the small Nordic nation. This system of a universal state-facilitated payment delivered to every Finnish person would transform the state's welfare system and potentially provide a blueprint for other countries looking to build a different kind of economy.
17 Nov 2015
Statement from Rock the Boat – Liberal Democrats against harassment
Rock the Boat - Liberal Democrats Against Sexual Harassment - today welcomed the statements from Tim Farron and Lord Rennard this morning regarding the House of Lords' representative on the Federal Executive. Grace Goodlad, steering group member, said:
17 Nov 2015
Chris Rennard's statement as he stands down from Federal Executive
Rennard has made the following statement announcing that he has withdrawn from the Federal Executive: A week ago, I was elected by the votes of the Liberal Democrat members of the House of Lords to be their representative on the party's Federal Executive. Any Lib Dem peer could have stood, all of them could vote, and I was elected by 44 votes to 25. Since then a number of party members have objected to that outcome and sought to effectively overturn it by removing the right of the Lib Dem peers to have a representative on it.
CR
17 Nov 2015
Tim Farron calls on Chris Rennard to step down from Federal Executive
Tim Farron has issued the following statement calling on Chris Rennard to step down from the Federal Executive position to which he was elected by Liberal Democrat Lords last week: As you know, Chris Rennard's election to the Federal Executive has prompted party members to call for a Special Conference.
TFMP
17 Nov 2015
British Council in China
"When I studied Chinese at Oxford 40-odd years ago I was considered mad by most of my contemporaries, but this year there will be...
JF
17 Nov 2015