I know we said we were disappearing until after the New Year, but we thought you would like to see Ed Davey’s Christmas Message.
Merry Christmas from everyone at the Liberal Democrats!
It is such a joyous time of the year. I have enjoyed watching the Christmas spirit spread across the country.
Watching Christmas trees pop up all around, the lights making the darker evenings sparkle.
It’s a time when we can come together with friends and family. To sing, to eat, give and receive presents.
And, thank God for the grace and blessings we have to celebrate in our life.
Christmas time gives us a chance to reflect on the past year, whilst looking forward to a new one.
As I look to the future, I pray that we welcome a year of kindness and peace.
Although Christmas is a joyous time for so many, it may also bring added pressures.
I want to send my love and prayers to those caring for loved ones over Christmas. You are unsung heroes of our health system, and Christmas is a time when your acts of kindness and care are felt even more.
We hold in our hearts those less fortunate than ourselves. And to those who, this year, are without loved ones over Christmas.
Whether through loss or the conflicts in Ukraine and the Middle East, if you are missing family and friends at your Christmas table, you are in my thoughts.
So, from my family to yours, I wish you a very Merry Christmas filled with peace, love and joy.
* Caron Lindsay is Editor of Liberal Democrat Voice and blogs at Caron's Musings. You can find her on Bluesky at caronmlindsay.bsky.social
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Please let us also wish everyone a prosperous New Year!
Which of our policies might make this wish more attainable?
It doesn’t seem to be one of our Lib Dem policies yet,– but we can hope it soon will be!
I mean that we must make it our clear decision to do all we Lib Dems can. to convert the Labour Party (or its Leader, if that is not quite the same thing) to abandon Labour’s astonishing opposition to democratic electoral reform in the shape of PROPORTIONAL REPRESENTATION.
It IS a complex matter, of course. But we in the UK are sliding down the comparative National lists, in most terms of “success”, for two shocking reasons.
On the one hand we Lib Dems — and other substantial parties and potential parties — have Labour to contend with, as they try to ‘go it alone’ against the entrenched grasp of the ‘Haves’ on the Right.
And on the other hand we too, like Labour, scratching away with our shovels at a different stretch of the Tory ramparts, can see no prospect of success. So what is Labour afraid of? And how are we to persuade it or him? Proposals, please . . . . . . .
And a Happy New Year to all LDs!