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Liberal Democrats for Drug Policy Reform

20 Most Recent News Stories

Poll commissioned by LDDPR demonstrates public are ready for drugs discussion

Sat 10th Jul 2010

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Undecided voters swing to Lib Dems following final Leaders Debate

Fri 30th Apr 2010

Last night was the final of the three televised Leaders' debates. Leader of the Liberal Democrats, Nick Clegg, debated with Gordon Brown and David Cameron about the economy. Subjects discussed included breaking up the banks, creating more jobs and reinvigorating the British economy.

Nick Clegg MP

Third and Final Party Leaders' TV debate: The Economy

Wed 28th Apr 2010

On Thursday 29th April from 8.30pm, BBC One will host the final live Prime Ministerial Debate of the General Election from the Midlands. Nick Clegg, Gordon Brown and David Cameron will again be going head to head in the run up to the General Election next Thursday.

Debate Night Graphic

Clegg Scores Second Win in Party Leaders Debate

Fri 23rd Apr 2010

An average of five polls conducted immediately after the Sky TV Leaders Election debate on Thursday night put Nick Clegg as the winner, with all instant polls showing him ahead of Gordon Brown. After the Foreign Affairs-led debate from Bristol dominated by issues like Iraq, immigration and climate change, Nick Clegg won 3 of the 5 polls on the night, building on his position after the first debate.

Nick Clegg

Second Party Leaders' TV debate: Foreign Affairs

Wed 21st Apr 2010

The second Party Leaders Debate is taking place this Thursday starting at 8pm on Sky News. Nick Clegg, Gordon Brown and David Cameron will again be going head to head in a TV debate in the run up to the General Election on May 6th, this time leading on Foreign Affairs.

Debate Night Graphic

Nick Clegg Storms First Ever Party Leaders Debate

Fri 16th Apr 2010

The polls following the first ever Party Leaders General Election debate on ITV are showing that Nick Clegg has won a convincing victory over David Cameron and Gordon Brown. The debate was the first ever Leaders debate during a UK General Election campaign, and the pollsters are giving it as a big victory for Nick Clegg and the Liberal Democrats.

Nick Clegg (Photo: Alex Folkes/Fishnik Photography)

First Party Leaders' TV debate: Domestic Affairs

Thu 15th Apr 2010

Tonight on ITV, Nick Clegg, Gordon Brown and David Cameron will be going head to head in a TV debate. This is the first of three debates that will be taking place in the run up to the General Election on May 6th.

Debate Night Graphic

Fairness - The Liberal Democrat Manifesto Launch

Wed 14th Apr 2010

Nick Clegg has launched the Liberal Democrat General Election manifesto. The manifesto sets out four clear priorities of fair taxes, a fair chance for every child, a fair economy, and a fair deal by cleaning up politics.

Liberal Democrat Manifesto for 2010 General Election

Apply for a Postal Vote Now: Deadline 20th April

Mon 12th Apr 2010

With the General Election on 6th May, there is still time to arrange a postal vote. Voting by post is an easy and convenient way of voting if you are unable to get to the polling station on polling day - for any reason.

Postal vote envelopes (photography: Matt Raines)

Victory Vince: Cable Wins Channel 4 Chancellors Debate

Mon 29th Mar 2010

The first ever TV debate between the three candidates to be the next Chancellor has seen Lib Dem Vince Cable win a clear victory. In a Channel 4 on-line poll carried out immediately after the debate, Vince out-polled both Alistair Darling and George Osborne.

Vince Cable [Photo: LDD Pics]

Ask the Chancellors: Live debate on Channel 4

Sun 28th Mar 2010

At 8pm on Monday 29th March, Channel 4 will stage a live debate between the would-be Chancellors, Liberal Democrat Vince Cable, Labour's Alistair Darling and Conservative George Osborne. Krishnan Guru-Murthy will be asking the questions.

cable

Emergency motion on anthrax-contaminated heroin

Thu 4th Mar 2010

This is the text of the motion submitted by the South Glasgow party for consideration by the Scottish conference committee. It has not been accepted for debate in the Saturday slot, but it will now be considered for the Sunday slot.

Finalised drug control and regulation motion gathering supporting reps!

Sat 9th Jan 2010

The final draft of the motion is available to read at http://act.libdems.org.uk/group/liberaldemocratsfordrugpolicyreform/forum/topics/urgent-final-draft-ready-for along with information on how to add your support.

Control and regulation motion nearly ready for submission

Tue 5th Jan 2010

Hello all. Following very constructive advice from the head of policy, the drug policy reform motion is nearly ready for submission. If you are a rep for your local party or can arrange to be a rep before next Wednesday, please let me know if you want to support the motion's submission. You might also like to run the motion past your local party to get them to back it, or lobby an SAO you are active in to gain their backing. For those of you who blog or tweet, any supporting blogposts of tweets can help get the message out there and build support for the motion. The more people seen to be backing the motion, the greater the chance of it being debated at conference.

Campaign Launched to gather 50 voting reps to support control and regulation motion for Spring conference.

Sat 19th Dec 2009

The campaign to gather support for motions for Federal and Scottish conferences was launched tonight on Lib Dem ACT http://act.libdems.org.uk/group/liberaldemocratsfordrugpolicyreform?xg_source=activity and the new LDDPR blog http://lddpr.blogspot.com/ Please get in touch if you wish to see these motions discussed at conference and do please spread the word to your friends within the Liberal Democrats who could also add their names as supporting voting reps. The target I'm hoping to reach is 50 voting reps for the Federal conference motion, which should be easily achievable if everyone on the mailing list and in the Lib Dem ACT group gets in contact. So do please get in touch and spread the word.

Supporting arguments produced and Lib Dem ACT

Mon 7th Dec 2009

I have now drafted arguments for Women Liberal Democrats, Ethnic Minority Liberal Democrats, Green Lib Dems and MPs and PPCs that I hope might persuade them to support the motion. They can be found in the forums under the Building a Coalition heading.

Changes to website and second draft of motion for conference

Wed 25th Nov 2009

Hello All,

First draft of motion available for criticism

Thu 19th Nov 2009

I have drafted the drug legalisation motion for Liberal Democrat Spring conference. Please suggest amendments at the "The Policy Motion for Spring Conference" forum or by e-mailing me direct if you wish. I feel we need a motion text sooner rather than later so that we can firstly redraft the motion into one that we feel would be effective, and secondly to gather a coalition of organisations and individuals in support of the motion before submitting it to the Federal Conference Committee for consideration.

Transform launch Blueprint for Regulation

Thu 19th Nov 2009

Last week the Transform Drug Policy Foundation launched their book: "After the War on Drugs: Blueprint for Regulation" at simultaneous events around the globe. At the launch at the House of Commons the book received high praise from Ms. Robin Gorna, (Executive Director, International AIDS Society), Professor Rod Morgan (former Chair, Youth Justice Board) and Dr Ben Goldacre (Guardian 'Bad Science' Columnist). Having attended the event and read the book, I can confirm that it will be a vital tool in guiding the transition to a strictly regulated legal market. It will reassure any reader that reform is the sober, rational course rather than a dangerous, radical, bringer of anarchy as some would characterise the argument.

LDDPR Website Launch

Fri 23rd Oct 2009

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