Archiv: Liberal Democrats (UK)


14.12.2022 - 18:47 [ Radio Utopie ]

E.U.-Kader Verhofstadt: „Die Welt von Morgen ist eine Welt der Imperien“

(September 15, 2019)

Nun die AuszĂŒge aus der Rede von Guy Verhofstadt in Bournemouth am 14.09.2019:

“Wir können nicht weitermachen, liebe Freunde, mit einem Europa, dass immer zu wenig und zu spĂ€t agiert. In der Weltordnung von Morgen, die Weltordnung von Morgen basiert nicht auf Nationalstaaten oder LĂ€ndern, es ist eine Weltordnung die basiert auf Imperien.

China ist keine Nation, es ist eine Summe von Zivilisationen (“civilization hum”). Indien, ihr wisst das besser als ich, ist keine Nation, es gibt zweitausend Nationen in Indien! Dort werden zwanzig verschiedene Sprachen benutzt! Dort gibt es vier große Religionen, gleichzeitig! Es ist weltweit die grĂ¶ĂŸte Demokratie.

Auch die Vereinigten Staaten von Amerika (“U.S.”) sind ein Imperium, mehr als eine Nation. Vielleicht sprechen sie morgen dort mehr als spanisch als englisch, ich weiß nicht was passieren wird (GelĂ€chter) und dann schlussendlich die Russische Föderation.. die Welt von Morgen ist eine Welt der Imperien, in der wir EuropĂ€er und ihr Briten Eure Interessen, Eure Lebensweise (“way of life”) nur verteidigen können, wenn wir das zusammen in einem europĂ€ischen Rahmen, in der EuropĂ€ischen Union tun.”

05.04.2021 - 15:07 [ DailyMail.co.uk ]

Boris ‚wants vaccine passports up and running by JUNE 21‘ but could fail to get legislation past Parliament as he ‚promises Tory rebels they WILL get a vote‘ and Labour says scheme is like using ‚a sledgehammer to crack a nut‘

Boris Johnson wants domestic Covid passports in place by June 21 – but faces the prospect of an embarrassing Commons defeat after promising Tory rebels a vote on their introduction.

Michael Gove is said to have made the offer to furious backbenchers appalled at the idea of forcing Britons to prove their vaccination status to enter pubs and other social hubs.

Boris Johnson wants the scheme to be up and running for June 21, when the last social distancing measures are expected to be swept away.

04.04.2021 - 12:20 [ theGuardian.com ]

Boris Johnson to give go-ahead for trials of Covid passports

News of the trial events comes as senior Tories among a cross-party group have declared they will oppose the use of vaccine certificates, with 72 MPs signing a pledge to oppose the “divisive and discriminatory” scheme. Some have described their use as the creation of “checkpoint Britain”. A government scientific adviser has also warned that they could give people a false sense of security.

The size of the rebellion could create problems for the government, should it conclude that legislation is needed to introduce Covid passports

02.04.2021 - 11:55 [ DailyMail.co.uk ]

FORTY rebel Tories including six ex-Cabinet ministers join forces with opposition MPs in bid to block ‚divisive and discriminatory‘ vaccine passports

– Unlikely alliance condemned vaccine passports as ‚divisive and discriminatory‘
– Members of coalition were organised by the pressure group Big Brother Watch
– Signed a pledge to oppose the idea if it is brought forward by ministers
– Signatories include Jeremy Corbyn, Sir Iain Duncan Smith and Esther McVey

01.04.2021 - 00:28 [ Express.co.uk ]

Brexit MEP‘s controversial vaccine theory – but do YOU agree with him?

Boris was elected in December 2019 on the promise of reclaiming our freedoms from Brussels, that did not give him the mandate to permanently change how our society works. The State has more power now than at anytime since the Second World War and it’s hungry for more.

That 80 seat majority that Brexiteers gifted Boris is being used to ram ever more authoritarian diktats down our throat in the name of „protecting us“.

Where is the so-called libertarian Boris? The man with famously flexible principles has abandoned the core political philosophy that powered his rise – personal responsibility.

24.12.2019 - 12:02 [ newStatesman.com ]

The New Right revolution

Very recently it was common to hear people ask, with a genuine puzzlement, what had happened to the prospect of a mildly centrist, progressive, pro-European political force. The December 2019 election has shattered that possibility, perhaps for ever. The Blairites in the Labour Party are a tiny, uninfluential rump. Their vocal media cheerleaders are an anachronism. The Europhile progressives who quit their parties have been everywhere rejected, not least because of Britain’s brutal first-past-the-post voting system. The Liberal Democrats have been decapitated.

But beyond the current lack of individual leaders, there is a yawning gap of vision.

13.12.2019 - 13:40 [ Sky News / Youtube ]

Watch the moment Lib Dem leader Jo Swinson lost her sea

Liberal Democrat leader Jo Swinson lost her East Dunbartonshire seat after 12 years of being the serving MP.

23.11.2019 - 10:16 [ Spectator ]

The Edition: can Remainers unite against Boris?

James Forsyth writes in this issue’s cover article that the Remain side’s inability to unite may well cost them this election and, if Boris Johnson wins, put the last nail in the coffin for Remain. On the podcast, Alastair Campbell also explains why the People’s Vote campaign seems to have imploded in recent weeks.

18.11.2019 - 12:43 [ ITV.com ]

CBI hears from party leaders as Tories, Labour and Lib Dems try to win business votes

In a bid to secure support from industry ahead of polling day on December 12, the leaders of the Conservatives, Labour and the Liberal Democrats will each make a speech on stage at the CBI (Confederation of British Industry) Annual Conference at the InterContinental London – The O2.

04.11.2019 - 06:13 [ Daily Mail ]

Lib Dem leader Jo Swinson admits electoral pact plot as rumours swirl ‚Remain Alliance‘ could target 60 seats

Talks have been under way between the unashamedly pro-EU Lib Dems, Plaid Cymru and the Greens maximise their chances in key constituencies in the December 12 election.

The pact would see two of the three parties stand aside to favour the one with the best chance of victory – replicating the success in the Brecon and Radnorshire by-election.

11.10.2019 - 14:08 [ Guido Fawkes ]

Lib Dem Compares Brexit to Nazi Germany and Domestic Abuse

The candidate claimed that Brexit is causing divisions that have “split families and friends have led to huge rises in violent crime on our streets and domestic abuse in our homes.” He went on to say:

“We have to stop this – just as we stopped the Nazis in Germany and their sympathizers in this country at the time from destroying this country in the 1930s.”

30.09.2019 - 13:06 [ Spiked ]

This would be a government of national betrayal

They’re openly, shamelessly talking about forcing out Boris Johnson and creating a ‘government of national unity’ whose job would be to delay Brexit – again – and then hold a second referendum or a General Election. That the political class is casually chatting about taking such a drastic, emergency, anti-democratic measure as setting up an unelected government to stop Brexit is the most worrying sign of the times yet.

30.09.2019 - 13:04 [ Daily Mail ]

Remainer alliance goes on the attack: Opposition parties plot to bind Boris Johnson during Tory conference by bringing forward deadline for him to beg Brussels for Brexit extension to SATURDAY

– Labour, the Scottish National Party, and the Lib Dems will hold emergency talks
– Ministers on standby to travel back to London if an attempt is made to topple PM
– Rebels could try to force Boris Johnson to seek Brexit delay as early as Saturday

30.09.2019 - 13:02 [ Standard.co.uk ]

Brexit latest: Opposition leaders to meet again to discuss stopping No Deal and Jo Swinson‘s plan to ask for another extension

Parliament has already passed the so-called Benn Act requiring him to request a further extension to the Article 50 withdrawal process if he cannot get a new agreement by October 19.

But some on the opposition side fear that could leave too little time to take action through the courts if Mr Johnson tries to circumvent the legislation and push through a no-deal break.

15.09.2019 - 14:43 [ Radio Utopie ]

E.U.-Kader Verhofstadt: „Die Welt von Morgen ist eine Welt der Imperien“

(September 15, 2019)

Nun die AuszĂŒge aus der Rede von Guy Verhofstadt in Bournemouth am 14.09.2019:

“Wir können nicht weitermachen, liebe Freunde, mit einem Europa, dass immer zu wenig und zu spĂ€t agiert. In der Weltordnung von Morgen, die Weltordnung von Morgen basiert nicht auf Nationalstaaten oder LĂ€ndern, es ist eine Weltordnung die basiert auf Imperien.

China ist keine Nation, es ist eine Summe von Zivilisationen (“civilization hum”). Indien, ihr wisst das besser als ich, ist keine Nation, es gibt zweitausend Nationen in Indien! Dort werden zwanzig verschiedene Sprachen benutzt! Dort gibt es vier große Religionen, gleichzeitig! Es ist weltweit die grĂ¶ĂŸte Demokratie.

Auch die Vereinigten Staaten von Amerika (“U.S.”) sind ein Imperium, mehr als eine Nation. Vielleicht sprechen sie morgen dort mehr als spanisch als englisch, ich weiß nicht was passieren wird (GelĂ€chter) und dann schlussendlich die Russische Föderation.. die Welt von Morgen ist eine Welt der Imperien, in der wir EuropĂ€er und ihr Briten Eure Interessen, Eure Lebensweise (“way of life”) nur verteidigen können, wenn wir das zusammen in einem europĂ€ischen Rahmen, in der EuropĂ€ischen Union tun.”

15.09.2019 - 12:49 [ The Chad Globalist / Youtube ]

Guy Verhofstadt speech at the UK Liberal Democrats conference [14.09.2019]

Guy Verhofstadt‘s speech at the conference of the UK Liberal Democrats September 14h, 2019.

15.09.2019 - 12:46 [ Calgie ‏/ Twitter ]

Guy Verhofstadt is on stage getting applauded for saying the world of tomorrow will be one of empires. How do these people dare call themselves progressive? Guy’s done a great job of reminding me why I voted Brexit in the first place.

13.09.2019 - 11:48 [ Spectator ]

The rebel alliance has taken control of parliament – and Brexit. What happens next?

Every Monday, a group of unlikely bedfellows meet in Jeremy Corbyn’s parliamentary office. Jo Swinson, Liberal Democrat leader; Ian Blackford, the SNP’s Westminster leader; Caroline Lucas, the Green party’s sole MP; and Liz Saville Roberts from Plaid Cymru all gather to discuss their common aim — preventing a no-deal Brexit. This rebel alliance is more than just a group therapy session: last week, they succeeded in taking control of parliament and immediately started to give instructions to the Prime Minister.

08.09.2019 - 11:46 [ Daily Mail ]

Rogue Tories plot with Liberal Democrats: Rebel MPs stripped of the whip for voting against Boris Johnson‘s Brexit policy on verge of agreeing Election pact with Jo Swinson‘s party

Under the plan, if the rebels are not allowed back into the party, the Liberals and the Greens would not put up a candidate against MPs Rory Stewart, Sam Gyimah, Margot James and Dominic Grieve.

In return, if they were to beat the official Tory candidates and win election to the Commons, they would agree to take a ‚soft whip‘ from the Liberals, meaning they would vote with Ms Swinson‘s party on selected issues.

06.09.2019 - 14:47 [ BBC ]

Brexit: Opposition parties to reject PM election move

Labour, the Lib Dems, the SNP and Plaid Cymru say they will vote against the government or abstain in Monday‘s vote on whether to hold a snap poll.

02.08.2019 - 06:22 [ Tagesschau ]

Johnsons Mehrheit schrumpft auf Minimum

Seine konservativen Tories verloren eine Nachwahl zum Unterhaus in einem Wahlkreis in Wales. Der konservative Kandidat Chris Davies unterlag im Wahlkreis Brecon and Radnorshire der Kandidatin der europafreundlichen Liberaldemokraten, Jane Dodds, wie in der Nacht veröffentlichte Ergebnisse zeigen.

22.07.2019 - 19:38 [ PoliticsHome.com ]

Jo Swinson defeats Ed Davey to become the new Liberal Democrat leader

The party‘s deputy leader defeated rival Sir Ed Davey in the race to succeed Sir Vince Cable.

Ms Swinson, the MP for East Dunbartonshire, received 47,997 votes, comfortably ahead of her rival on 28,021.

03.04.2019 - 18:04 [ BBC Politics ‏/ Twitter ]

Ian Blackford: „In all eventualities, there must be a people‘s vote“ SNP, Lib Dems, Plaid Cymru, Greens and the Independent Group issue joint statement saying they will push for a public vote to be included in #Brexit legislation

27.03.2019 - 06:41 [ Opinionbee.uk ]

Westminster Voting Intention: Poll of Polls

End date: 22 Mar 2019
Company: Opinium
Online
Client: Observer
CON 36
LAB 35
LD 7
TIG
GRN 4
UKIP 9

End date: 21 Mar 2019
Company: ComRes
Online
Client: Daily Express
CON 34
LAB 35
LD 8
TIG 6
GRN 4
UKIP 7

End date: 19 Mar 2019
Company: Ipsos MORI
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CON 38
LAB 34
LD 8
TIG 2
GRN 4
UKIP 7