What’s happening at Scottish Conference today

Our place to talk – an independent website for supporters of the Liberal Democrat party in the UK.

The most-read independent website by and for Lib Dem supporters. Not paid for by trade unions or millionaires.

Advert

What’s happening at Scottish Conference today

By Caron Lindsay | Sat 21st April 2018 - 8:24 am

Here’s what happened yesterday at Scottish Conference:

The Conference concludes this afternoon with a speech from Vince Cable. Here’s what’s happening before then:

Morning session

Party AGM

Motion on support for local economies calling, amongst other things, for the Government to use its major shareholding in RBS to halt branch closures and for the establishment of a rapid reaction force to help in communities when a large employer shuts down.

Debate on Scottish Young Liberals motion calling for candidates at 16.

Lunchtime fringe

There’s a marathon lunch session lasting almost 3 hours with 2 fringe sessions

Sal Brinton will be doing a q and a on the disciplinary processes

The Law Society hosts a fringe on Brexit – Referendum or bust?

Age Scotland hold an event on social care

The new campaign for racial equality in the party runs a “Diversity the way it should be” event

Jo Swinson signs copies of her book

Afternoon session

Consultation session on education

Speech by Vince Cable

Party Awards

* Caron Lindsay is Editor of Liberal Democrat Voice and blogs at Caron's Musings. You can find her on Bluesky at caronmlindsay.bsky.social

Read more by Caron Lindsay or more about scottish liberal democrats spring conference 2018.
This entry was posted in News.

Advert

One Comment

Lawrence Fullick 21st Apr '18 - 9:16am

Pity BBC Parliament are concentrating on Welsh Labour.

Post a Comment

Lib Dem Voice welcomes comments from everyone but we ask you to be polite, to be on topic and to be who you say you are. You can read our comments policy in full here. Please respect it and all readers of the site.

To have your photo next to your comment please signup your email address with Gravatar.

Your email is never published. Required fields are marked *

Name *

Email *

Website

Comment

Please complete the name of this site, Liberal Democrat ...?

Most Read

Op-eds

What can we really do to influence the situation in the West Bank? (Alan Juriansz)
Welcome to Lib Dem Friends of Gaelic Language and Culture (Caron Lindsay)
Going for four in a row in Scotland (Grant Toghill)
Lib Dems call for action on smart spectacles – some constructive feedback (Caron Lindsay)
AI has moved from future threat to present reality (Sean Worrell)

Advert

Recent Comments

Jason Connor
I agree Graham. I really don't understand this emphasis on appealing to such a narrow voter base. It's almost as if there's a drive to let other opposition part...
Matthew Harris
@AndyDaer Out of interest, I asked ChatGPT for a fact check of your last comment: There are legitimate arguments here, but also some serious factual distorti...
Jana
Is it not time for the Liberal Democrats to back the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions movement? Ordinary Israeli voters need to realise that voting for extrem...
Graham Jeffs
Simon Robinson "For that reason I’d expect the national party to want to focus a London campaign on keeping those seats". Well, one way of doing that would...
Adam
The language spoken in southern Scotland was old Welsh - not a variety of Gaelic, but rather a form of Brythonic. Gaelic was brought to Scotland from what is no...