Saturday, September 21, 2019

ALDE Party Congress, Athens 2019 - "Resolution on Transnational lists and the lead candidate process"

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One of the things about the ALDE Party's Individual Members group is that it has a keen interest in what, to national parties, is rathe...

ALDE Party Congress, Athens 2019 - "A framework directive on soil protection"

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I have an unexplained fondness for Radicali Italiani, who tend to write very intellectual resolutions which read like academic texts. This ...
Friday, September 20, 2019

ALDE Party Congress, Athens 2019 - "Chick culling – A European concern"

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Sometimes, you end up with resolutions that don't appear to be terribly important, and this one is one of those. Yes, animal cruelty sh...

ALDE Party Congress, Athens 2019 - "Carbon Capture and Storage: Reaching the Paris Goals"

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More environmental policy making, this time from our Norwegian sister party, Venstre... Carbon Capture and Storage: Reaching the Paris G...

ALDE Party Congress, Athens 2019 - "A Climate Policy that Delivers on the Paris Agreement"

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So, as promised, here we go with the draft resolutions submitted for debate at the end of next month... A Climate Policy that Delivers ...

ALDE Party Congress, Athens 2019 - the draft resolutions for debate

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Yes, it's coming up to that time of year again, when liberals from across the continent come together to meet, debate and swap ideas. T...
Tuesday, September 17, 2019

Leaving Conference with an unexpected spring in my step

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There is a danger that, once you’ve been to enough Federal Conferences, you tend to become a wee bit cynical about the whole thing. Policy ...
Friday, September 13, 2019

Conference beckons...

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I have to admit that, in recent years, I’ve rather drifted through Party conferences. I don’t really have a role, and I’ve not particularly...
Thursday, September 05, 2019

Talking about a constitution...

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Never let it be said that this blog is not focussed on the big issues, such as constitutional reform. Yet, funnily enough, having written a...
Wednesday, September 04, 2019

As Wednesday turns into... more Wednesday?

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It’s late in the evening, the time of the day during the work week when I usually FaceTime Ros and we catch up on each other’s days. Except...
Tuesday, September 03, 2019

Ros in the Lords: Parliamentary Buildings (Restoration and Renewal) Bill, Report Stage

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Ros is a member of the Shadow Sponsor Body tasked with overseeing the essential work of dragging the core of the Parliamentary Estate into ...
Wednesday, July 10, 2019

Ros in the Lords: Parliamentary Buildings (Restoration and Renewal) Bill

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Monday saw the Second Reading of the Parliamentary Buildings (Restoration and Renewal) Bill, which creates the formal structures required t...
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Tuesday, July 09, 2019

Day 7 - Tbilisi, and a nice long soak...

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Whilst Borjomi is famous for its mineral water, Tbilisi is famous for its thermal baths, where you soak in the warm waters supposedly renow...
Monday, July 08, 2019

Day 6 - Borjomi back to Tbilisi, the day of the big match...

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There’s no doubt that this was something of a helter skelter sort of the trip, and I didn’t really allow myself much time to stand and star...
Sunday, July 07, 2019

Day 5 - Borjomi and the little train that could...

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Regular readers will be aware that I rather like trains. Admittedly, I am not one of those people who can tell you all about locomotives an...
Saturday, July 06, 2019

Day 4 - Tbilisi to Borjomi, and a value for money train ride...

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I’d rather lost track of this, but perhaps I ought to catch up before moving onwards... It was very early in the morning in Tbilisi, and...
Sunday, June 09, 2019

Day 3 - Skopje to Tbilisi, via the world’s meeting point...

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Skopje Airport, and not Skopje Alexander the Great Airport, is the equivalent of, say, Leeds Bradford Airport, but without the glamour. It’...