Robert Jenryk has reported that the cost of accommodation of migrants is £6m a day and this is a burden on the British Taxpayer. This is not true. The cost of accommodation of migrants is coming from the foreign aid budget. The effects are damaging to projects related to health and education, to agricultural improvement, […]

After a long gap, partly caused by cashing in my NI contributions by calling on the services of Leicester Royal Infirmary and Queens’ Medical Centre in Nottingham, (I am now fit and well) and partly by standing for election to parliament, I am now restarting this regular blog. The blog is easily accessible without the […]

Conservative Councillors complain that they cannot solve local problems because of constraints imposed by the central Conservative Government. “It’s not our fault gov” is the message. But if they cannot solve local problems because of Conservative Party policy then we, the voters, should make sure that they are defeated in local elections in order to […]

A great day yesterday in Southwell for the Autumn Conference of the East Midlands Lib Dems. Our President reported that we have had an increase in membership of 1,200 in the last year and now have 5,000 members in the region. Baroness Brinton (Sal) National President of the Lib Dem Party opened with resounding congratulations […]

Democracy: rule by the people is good in theory, but as Churchill said “a dreadful system, but all the others are worse”. Democracy is in now under threat and the “worse” others are gaining power. We can and must push back against this. Democracy needs to be defined, supported, strengthened and argued for. Lib Dems […]

Local Council By Election results continue the tremendous swing to the Lib Dems and the loss of confidence in other parties. In part this is due to the stirling efforts of local parties and local candidates, but it is also a growing recognition the the Conservatives are threatening all our futures by withdrawing from free […]

After the first world war there was a peace conference in Versailles. The French Minister of Commerce and Industry, Etienne Clémentel, proposed a “new economic order” based on European cooperation. America opposed it and Britain failed to support it. It was rejected. Jean Monnet, a young assistant to Etienne Clémental  recognised the potential of that […]

Just heard Chris Grayling saying on Radio 4 “EU Countries are going to want to export to the UK, which is a bigger market for them than remaining EU countries are a market for the UK. So, of course, there will be a deal” Another attempt to deceive by untruths. Any restriction on the import […]

These are times when it is great to be a Lib Dem. I spent yesterday at the Lib Dem Regional Spring Conference. I was among good people spending time debating the way forward to change the politics of the UK. It was inspiring to be with such a super group of people. I have just […]