The Liberal Democrat International Security working group presented their policy paper 157 at Spring Conference 2024 and members attending approved.
It can be seen here:
https://www.libdems.org.uk/conference/papers/spring-2024/liberal-values-in-a-dangerous-world
This LIBG forum on Russia’s ‘other’ European Neighbours took place on 27 June 2023 and can be seen on video here https://www.thepaddyashdownforum.org/russias-other-european-neighbours/
27 June 1830-2000 hours Since Russia’s full-scale attack on Ukraine in February 2022, attention has focused quite rightly on the war. Threats and instability abound
It is a great honour to be elected chair of the Liberal International British Group. Stepping into Adrian Hyyrylainen-Trett's shoes is not easy, and I owe him a huge 'thank you' for all his work as LIBG chair since July 2018.
This paper has bene issued by the Liberal International Climate Justice Committee and cna be viewed here: https://liberal-international.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/Climate-Induced_Final.pdf
How to stop deforestation
We are living in dangerous times.
Yesterday I attended a packed Global Strategy Forum event at the National Liberal Club, on the UK's future post-Brexit foreign policy. Malcolm Rifkind spoke for the Conservatives, Jack Straw for the Labour Party and Menzies Campbell for the Liberal Democrats. It is the largest lunchtime event I have ever attended at the NLC, over 40 years, and it was standing room only.
LIBG executive member Rebecca Tinsley has written a piece on the Open Democracy website in her own capacity on whether the UK's business links with dictatorships really open channels to raise human rights issues, as the Government claims.
Liberal International executive meeting Tblisi, Georgia, May 2016
The inaugural meeting of LIBG's north west England branch took place in Preston on 22 April.
Liberal International's 59th congress suffered perhaps from a rather odd choice of timing - a congress in Europe held only weeks before most of the continent would be caught up in European Parliament elections.