Free Speech in the Queen’s Speech
The government is on the warpath over freedom of speech. Lib Dems need to step up and hold the liberal ground.
Will liberal institutions sink or swim with the changing tides in women’s representation?
Baroness Sal Brinton, former President of the Democrat’s, was asked in 2018:
Most all-women shortlists are open to anyone who identifies as a woman. So in theory, all-women shortlists could be composed of all transwomen, which means that parliament could see 50% male MPs and 50% transwomen MPs. Would that be fair representation?
First Do No Harm
On 12th April, we held an online event, First, do no harm: liberal principles applied to the treatment of children with gender dysphoria.
Baroness Hussein-Ece Speaks Out for ‘Mother’
In a constructive debate on the House of Lords Committee Stage of the Ministerial and other Maternity Allowances Bill, on February 25th, there was widespread agreement across the House that the almost complete omission of the words ‘woman’ and ‘mother’ from a bill about maternity provision was an embarrassing flaw.
Why Are We Here, and What Do We Want?
Who knew that liberalism had a mother?
In ‘How To Be A Liberal’, Ian Dunt notes that J S Mill’s most important works - those cornerstones of liberalism - were in fact produced jointly with his wife, Harriet Taylor. “Liberalism had a mother,” writes Dunt. “And she was erased.” Harriet’s absence from popular understanding of the history of liberalism is a reminder of how women’s political, intellectual and material contributions are so often hidden from view.