Yellow warning in Whaley Bridge and Blackbrook
Help make it a double yellow warning Weather forecast for this week in Whaley Bridge and Blackbrook.
BTADL
9 Feb 2020
Cross-party cooperation: lessons from Paddy Ashdown’s tenure as Lib Dem leader
Should the Liberal Democrats seek to cooperate with Labour in some way and if so, how? That's a question being debated again in the Liberal Democrats in the aftermath of the 2019 election, so here is a re-run of an excellent account of a previous attempt, the one under Paddy Ashdown. It's Duncan Brack's chapter from The Alternative: towards a new progressive politics, kindly reproduced here with the permission of the author and editors. You can also read Tim Farron's chapter from the same book, about immigration, in an edition of Liberal Democrat Newswire. For more on this topic, see 6 ways to make cross-party political deals work, The Cook-Maclennan talks: lessons in cross-party cooperation and Lessons from history on Labour / Lib Dem cooperation: Kier Hardie and Ramsay MacDonald.
MPAWTWAE
7 Feb 2020
Spring Conference Agenda
Read or download Spring Conference Agenda and Directory here
7 Feb 2020
Bill reflects on Europe
Listen to Bill on BBC news here from 11.22 minutes in.
31 Jan 2020
Northern Sacked
Incredible news today that the Government have decided to Sack Northern!
TFMP
29 Jan 2020
David Lomax slams decision to close Whaley Pool
Derbyshire County Council has said it is unable to provide funding to the Whaley Bridge Primary school to enable the school swimming pool to stay open. It has been a valuable teaching resource for generations, providiing for our local children from the age of 4.
DL
29 Jan 2020
UK Lib Dem news
Local Government
Local Government Finance Emergency
After years of neglect, our local councils are in financial survival mode. The Liberal Democrats are calling on the Government to move past emergency bailouts and deliver a sustainable future for local government.
ZF
by Zöe Franklin
15 Mar 2026
International Affairs
Trump and the Wider World
The international stage has been shaken by a series of reckless and illegal actions from Donald Trump’s White House. Liberal Democrat members have passed a new motion to bolster our national defence and strengthen our alliances with reliable partners.
CM
15 Mar 2026
Children & Families
A digital world fit for the next generation
For too long, tech giants have treated children as data to be mined, using addictive algorithms and harmful content to keep them scrolling. While some are calling for blanket bans, we know these are impractical and risk isolating vulnerable groups.
VC
15 Mar 2026