Subscribe
-
Follow @libdemvoice.org on Bluesky
-
Like us on Facebook
-
Subscribe to our feed
-
Sign-up for our daily email digest
Most Read
- Ed Davey quizzed on EU, slavery reparations and Lib Dem relevance
- Ed Davey on the Budget: British people need real change and fast
- Polls Apart: The dehumanisation of Palestinians
- What can the Liberal Democrats learn from New Zealand’s Opportunity Party?
- How housebuilding can tackle the cost of living crisis and boost growth
Search
Op-eds
-
Choosing a new leader in Wales: why the process matters (Steve Aicheler)
-
What can the Liberal Democrats learn from New Zealand’s Opportunity Party? (Daniel Duggan)
-
Is the NHS still safe enough – and if not, what needs to change? (Judy Abel)
-
Ed Davey quizzed on EU, slavery reparations and Lib Dem relevance (Caron Lindsay)
-
Scottish Lib Dems defeat SNP on Learning Disabilities, Autism and Neurodivergence Bill (Caron Lindsay)
-
Cllr Kieran Dams, previously with Greens, joins Lib Dems
-
Oh no, it can't be Christmas already.
-
The Joy of Six 1601
-
Labour's freeze on housing benefit to increase poverty
-
Reform leader of Leicestershire County Council resigns
-
John Rogers walks from Herne Bay and Reculver to Margate
-
Fortean Times nods on yoghurt and the Stiperstones
-
Anna Sabine on losing and partially regaining her voice
-
The public angst of the Green Party
Recent Comments
Mick Taylor
@DavidRaw. To be strictly accurate, the Church in Wales and the Church in Scotland play no state role since they were disestablished by the 1906-14 Liberal Gove...
Jonah Weisz
Hi Paul, I thought you might be interested to know that we have an ME/LC Lib Dems group where we discuss and coordinate our advocacy efforts - just drop me a li...
Judy Abel
@Geoff thank you for your comments. Unfortunately those experiences sound familiar. Because the NHS is free at the point of use we maybe don’t think we can ex...
David Evans
Mick I'm not at all sure that the Lib Dems sold out in 2010 over student fees. The leadership did, and carried on in that vein whenever it deemed it necessary ...
Tristan Ward
@ David Raw "I’m glad to see you say that the opposition to abolishing slavery was bought off" One interpretation is that majority opinion in 19th cen...
11 Comments
Seasons greetings much valued. Thank you to excellent voluntary staff. The site reveals how individual sense of personal as well as social commitment would and does work.
It is something very much amiss in the approach of people in this pandemic.
Individuals count. Some, among the mass of people are heroes. Some villains. most in between.
Its a blow to patriotism to see a lot of Brits are libertarian and indulgent with very poor sense of duty or care.
Thankfully few but too many yet.
Wishing you all Seasons Greetings.
I agree, there are some, who lack understanding for others.
Thank you for keeping this platform going and providing a place for our thoughts and views – much appreciated.
And wishing you all Merry Xmas x
A big Thank you to everyone , especially Mary Reid who kept us going during difficult times.
Happy Christmas and ALL the very best for 2021
I’m grateful to those who keep this blog going. I hope they enjoy a relaxing break with their loved ones. Perhaps the Party should consider some form of formal thanks to them and others who provide this and similar services such as regular newsletters.
Merry Christmas to all at LDV and wishing everyone a far better 2021, also thanks for allowing me to air my frustrations over the past months on this site, it did me good if not anyone else!
Hear, hear, Peter Hirst ! Best wishes and thanks indeed for the team who look after this site 7 days a week.
We should thank one Sikh who took food to queueing lorry drivers
A Merry Christmas to all at LDV. Now we have a ‘deal’ (of sorts) and hopefully with more vaccines on the way, perhaps, next year, some of us might feel a bit more festive!
Happy Christmas to everyone here.
And I do admire you sticking by the decision to have a real break, despite the Brexit agreement !
The deal looks to have been the result of a last minute intervention by Angela Merkel and Ursula von der Leyen to push Michael Barnier into making enough concessions to pull the two sides closer together. There is some suggestion he was simply sidelined. The UK had to make some concessions too, which is why some ultra leavers are shouting “sell-out”. It may not be perfect but its not that.
I would guess the Germans had two main motivations. Firstly, to preserve their best international export market. Secondly, and not unrelated, to leave the way clear for them to shape the future EU as they want it to be rather than the more Federal structure others would prefer. They need their own economy to be in a strong position to be able to do that.
As they choose to be a large net exporter they have to have a local partner which is a large net importer and there’s no-one else other than the UK who will be able to fulfill that role.