16 July 2019 – today’s press releases
Umunna: Ministers asleep at the wheel in the face of online shopping time bomb New Lib Dem leader to hold Brexit talks with Barnier Lib Dems: New PM must not delay Domestic Abuse Bill Umunna:...
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28 May 2019 – today’s press releases
Winning is, it has to be admitted, so much better than losing, but the ramifications of the European Parliamentary elections keep coming. A block of sixteen MEPs are a significant factor in choosing...
View Article31 January 2019 – today’s press releases
Govt must follow evidence not chase headlines in fight against knife crime Moran: Rough sleeping shames our whole country Tory Govt woefully unprepared for no deal Brexit Cable: Cancelled recess shows...
View ArticleWATCH: Catherine Bearder and Vince Cable speak ahead of March for Europe...
There are times when living 400 miles from London is a right pain. I’d have loved to be marching with the Liberal Democrats in the March for Europe in London today but an extra trip the week before...
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“Dear Mrs May…”, an open letter from Catherine Bearder
Dear Mrs May, You called an election last week so that British voters can, you claim, by electing a large Conservative parliamentary majority, give you the “strongest hand” possible in the Brexit...
View ArticleCatherine Bearder MEP: ‘Brexiteers lied to us. We want our country back’
Catherine Bearder on cracking form in the European Parliament.
View ArticleLibLink: Catherine Bearder MEP: Playing hardball on Brexit will only weaken...
From today, Britain becomes an outsider to the EU. We start to negotiate our exit with the other 27 member states. What emerges cannot possibly be as good as we have now. The cost of leaving and its...
View ArticleArticle 50 invoked: Lib Dem reaction: The fight goes on
So, the deed is done, but the Liberal Democrats aren’t giving up the fight. Here’s how senior Liberal Democrats have reacted: Tim Farron – The people must have their say The world needs liberal...
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Lib Dem councillors on a fact-finding trip to Brussels
On the 2nd March at 7.50 am I boarded a Ryanair flight from Manchester to Charleroi in Belgium. It is an hour and a half train journey from Charleroi to Brussels and the first thing that you notice is...
View ArticleLibLink: Catherine Bearder on World Wildlife Day
Embed from Getty Images I’m afraid we didn’t mark World Wildlife Day on LDV last Friday. Fortunately our MEP Catherine Bearder did in an engaging post covering the top wildlife wins and losses in...
View ArticleSenior Liberal Democrats respond to Theresa May’s hard Brexit
We brought you Tim Farron’s response to Theresa May’s announcement that Britain is seeking reckless isolation, but what have other Liberal Democrats been saying about it. Liberal Democrat MEP Catherine...
View ArticleAbout Nigel Farage and the British fishing industry
You may have read, seen, giggled at reports of the Leave and Remain camps taking to the Thames today. Nigel Farage led a flotilla of “fishermen for leave” from Southend to the Houses of Parliament....
View ArticleRoaming charges reduced from tomorrow thanks to the EU
Embed from Getty Images There is good news for smartphone users heading to the continent this bank holiday weekend. From tomorrow (April 30th), new EU rules will cap the cost of using your phone when...
View ArticleCatherine Bearder: Europe has led to great strides forward for women
Embed from Getty Images Liberal Democrat MEP Catherine Bearder, who sits on the European Parliament’s Gender Equality Committee, has spoken about the benefits of the EU for women ahead of...
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South Central Regional Conference- Can we muster Euro enthusiasm?
The European in-out referendum dominated the South Central Regional Conference last Saturday. Speakers included Catherine Bearder, our own MEP, who spoke of the complete negativity of the large...
View ArticleCatherine Bearder MEP writes…Government U-turns on EU flood funding in...
As many of you know Tim Farron and I have been fighting for months to persuade the government to apply for EU solidarity funding for flood victims. The European Commission had confirmed to me last...
View ArticleWatch: Catherine Bearder explains why we have to win this Referendum
Catherine tells us that she is not lonely in Europe because she is part of a vibrant Liberal group. And tells us how the European Union protects birds of prey.
View ArticleLibLink: Catherine Bearder: The campaign to keep Britain in Europe must be...
Catherine Bearder has written for the New Statesman’s Staggers blog to castigate both sides of the EU Referendum debate for negativity, citing the example of Scotland: On the one hand, Ukip and the...
View ArticleLib Dem Remain campaign to be launched this afternoon
Tim Farron heads to the unlikely environment of a table tennis bar in London to launch the Lib Dems’ In campaign this afternoon. Also speaking will be London Mayoral candidate Caroline Pidgeon and MEP...
View ArticleBearder calls on Theresa Villiers to quit if she backs Brexit
Lib Dem MEP Catherine Bearder has said that Northern Ireland Secretary Theresa Villiers should resign if she wants to campaign for Britain to leave the EU. She joined Northern Irish politicians who...
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