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#wldconf the movies Part Two

Freedom Central — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 05:34:46 +0000

Here are the rest of our videos from yesterday’s Welsh Liberal Democrat Conference in Swansea, starting with Baroness Ros Scott, the Federal Party President:

Jenny Willott was outstanding:

Whilst Lembit was, well Lembit:

Statement from the Party’s Federal Executive.

Ali Goldsworthy — Fri, 22 May 2009 11:03:00 +0000

The party’s Federal Executive met on Monday night. Massive thanks to those (and there were a good few) who sent me their thoughts.

The chair of FE is the party president, Ros Scott. She has just issued the following statement as a result of Monday’s meeting. It’s worth mentioning Kirsty has already issued this statement.

Earlier this week the Federal Executive met. A discussion on expenses was at the top of our agenda. Nick Clegg and I proposed a series of hard hitting points on expenses that were fully discussed and agreed by the committee. Given the importance of this issue I felt it was important that all members are made aware of the action we are taking.

In summary we agreed that:

There will be a code of conduct binding on Liberal Democrat parliamentarians and candidates.
All Liberal Democrat MPs will support the proposals from Sir Christopher Kelly’s review of MPs’ expenses.
There will be no picking and choosing of which of his recommendations to support.
Our leader and Chief Whip in the House of Lords will undertake a thorough review of expenses and allowances in the House of Lords.
We will end the self-regulation of Parliament.
Any Liberal Democrat MP found to have committed serious wrongdoing will have the whip withdrawn and be referred by the party to the Parliamentary Commissioner for Standards.

This is in addition to the very rigorous internal disciplinary procedures that already exist within our parliamentary parties, overseen by the Chief Whips.

It is very clear that on this issue, as on that of the Speaker and the Gurkhas, our party is the one taking the lead on calling for the radical overhaul our political system needs.

Best wishes,
Ros Scott
President of the Liberal Democrats

P.S. You can read the full statement from the Federal Executive on the party website here.

Kirsty wins approval of party members

Freedom Central — Wed, 08 Apr 2009 13:55:00 +0000

A poll of party members on the Liberal Democrat Voice website has delivered an overwhelming endorsement of Kirsty Williams’ first few months as Welsh Liberal Democrat Leader.

A survey, conducted via Liberty Research on the site’s private member’s forum, asked a number of questions about the party and the current state of British politics. Almost 200 members completed it.

One of the questions related to the performance of the Liberal Democrat shadow cabinet, and a handful of other senior Liberal Democrats. Each person was assessed on their effectiveness expressed as a net satisfaction rating (those who think they’re very/fairly effective minus those think they’re very/fairly ineffective).

In terms of the non-MPs, Kirsty Williams emerged as very highly thought of, probably boosted by her performance at the Harrogate Federal Conference at the beginning of March. These are the ratings of leading Liberal Democrat figures outside the shadow cabinet:

Andrew Duff, Leader of the UK Lib Dem MEPs: -11% (-6% in November)
Kirsty Williams AM, Leader of the Welsh Liberal Democrats: +42% (-25% for Mike German in November)
Mike Tuffrey, Leader of the Liberal Democrat group on the London Assembly: -17% (-21% )
Ros Scott, Party President-elect of the Liberal Democrats: +50% (+52%)
Tavish Scott MSP, Leader of the Scottish Liberal Democrats: +15% (+16%)

A highly creditable performance reflecting the impact she has made since being elected leader.