Policy development – mainstreaming equalities!
If you have been reading your papers for conference, you might have noticed something new. Tucked away at the back of the policy papers is a page headed ‘Policy Equality Impact Assessment’. If you work...
View ArticleOpinion: The Government’s new Prevent strategy – a missed opportunity
The government has just launched a revamped version of the old failed and worn out counter-extremism strategy initiated by Labour whilst it was in power. Prevent was originally launched after the 7...
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Opinion: 2012 – Time for an Arms Trade treaty that will really save lives
This February marks the final United Nations (UN) Preparatory Committee session before the deciding negotiations in July 2012 for a legally binding Arms Trade Treaty (ATT). As this critical moment...
View ArticleOpinion – NHS Reforms: It is not too late to pull back from the edge
If the Party is still licking its wounds and reeling from the catastrophic loss of public support over student tuition fees and the kicking received in the May 2011 local elections, then please be in...
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Opinion: Size does matter – UK under-investment in research and development
I welcome Julian Huppert’s important contribution towards updating our party’s science policy and, along with others, efforts in making the case for science in politics. In his 30th January article on...
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Opinion: EU needs to resolve the crisis over Hungary’s slide to autocracy and...
The right-wing populist policies of the Hungarian Prime Minister Victor Orban, have created real concern over a growing constitutional crisis within the European Union (EU). His Fidesz party secured a...
View ArticleOpinion: the Government’s new integration strategy – when are we going to learn?
The Department for Communities and Local Government (DCLG) recently published and launched its new integration strategy – “Creating the Conditions for Integration”. Following discussions with many...
View ArticleOpinion: Support for emerging democracies – we’ll do it our way
Speaking at the recent Munich Security Conference, US secretary of state, Hillary Clinton said “Americans and Europeans must send a clear and common message to despots that they must respect the rights...
View ArticleOpinion: we can not allow ourselves to be used as scapegoats by the Tories
It was an amazing coincidence that Lady Warsi’s interview on BBC2′s Newsnight spoke so lamentably about the state of the coalition the evening before YouGov put the Tories 11 points behind Labour. The...
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Opinion: UK-US Extradition Treaty Review – now is the time for change
Now that it is holding the reins of power and is in a position to make necessary changes to a universally acknowledged unfair extradition treaty with the US, why is the Coalition government stalling?...
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Opinion: Fear-mongering, negative stereotyping and abuse, even in polite society
Why, in a supposedly modern civilised liberal society, are some of our journalists having to put up with alarming levels of personal abuse? Mehdi Hasan It is not often that I agree or sympathise with...
View ArticleEqualities – how the ‘General Duty’ was saved
It was fitting that, on the 20th anniversary of the death of Stephen Lawrence, the government decided to listen to campaigners and save a key element of our equalities laws. Ethnic Minority Liberal...
View ArticleOpen letter to Lib Dem MPs: The Immigration Bill is illiberal
Dear Lib Dem MPs, We Liberal Democrats have long been proud of our internationalism and compassionate stance towards refugees and immigration. Not an ‘open borders’ party, but a party which believes...
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Ethnic Minority Liberal Democrats: a year of achievement
I was delighted to be re-elected Chair of Ethnic Minority Liberal Democrats (EMLD) at the AGM last Saturday, 25th November. 2013 has been a year of considerable achievement, not least a very...
View ArticleOpinion: The inspiration of Nelson Mandela
The passing of Nelson Mandela is a moment in history which has touched almost everyone as we reflect on the momentous achievements of the great man and compare them to his engagingly humble...
View ArticleOpinion: Time to expose UKIP
The recent expose of UKIP’s Victoria Ayling, who wants to send all immigrants “back home” offers a glimpse at the nasty side of this party which Nigel Farage would rather keep hidden. Talk of...
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Opinion: Eastern Europeans hold the key to the European elections
Doomsday predictions in the media that Liberal Democrats are set to lose all our MEPs to UKIP are wide of the mark. The closer we get to the Euro elections in May the greater the opportunity for us to...
View ArticleOpinion: Britain should offer more support to pro-democracy protesters in...
Liberals have common cause with pro-democracy protestors in Ukraine While UKIP and the Tory Right want to take Britain out of Europe other nations are clamouring to join the EU, not least in the...
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Opinion: Knock on doors in diverse communities with confidence
Later this month Ethnic Minority Liberal Democrats will be holding the first of several action days in Brent Central to help the excellent Ibrahim Taguri get elected. We will also be doing everything...
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Opinion: The East Midlands would suffer without Europe
If we needed reminding how vital Europe is to British jobs in regions like the East Midlands, the bosses of car giants Hyundai and Toyota spelt it out. As a European candidate in May’s elections I was...
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