http://reflectingbritain.org.uk Mon, 11 Sep 2006 18:38:45 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en It has been observed elsewhere that this website has not been updated in a while. Mea culpa. Worse, it would unfortunately be wholly mistaken to assume that no news is good news. In fact, personally speaking, it has more been a case of what to say if ... http://reflectingbritain.org.uk/2006/09/11/reflecting-britain-update/ With the new Lib Dem leader due to be announced in just a few hours time, this is just a short note to thank everyone who has supported this campaign and made it a success. We have been delighted by positive response we have received, not least of all by the ... http://reflectingbritain.org.uk/2006/03/02/thank-you/ The MP for Cheltenham had this to say:I'd like to add my support to Reflecting Britain. There are too many MPs in here who look rather like me. How much talent must we be missing out on from the rest of the population? http://reflectingbritain.org.uk/2006/03/01/martin-horwood-mp-too-many-mps-look-like-me/ London MEP Sarah Ludford comments: The principle of non-discrimination has always been at the very core of Liberal Democrat values, so we have to work harder to get Liberal Democrat ethnic minority MPs (as well as more MEPs and councillors) elected. The alienation of some of our British black and Asian ... http://reflectingbritain.org.uk/2006/02/26/sarah-ludford-mep-alienation-is-deeply-worrying/ Liberal Democrat leadership hopefuls last week revealed radical measures to encourage more ethnic minorities to become involved in the party’s politics. On the hustings on Valentine’s Day, candidates Sir Menzies Campbell, Christopher Huhne and Simon Hughes unveiled a raft of measures including a minority-only shortlist for peers, a trust fund for ... http://reflectingbritain.org.uk/2006/02/24/hustings-reported-in-the-voice/ The Times today reports how a third of Conservative Party candidates so far selected are women, as part of a strategy which heavily borrows from Liberal Democrat campaign techniques: Seven of the 19 hopefuls selected to fight the most winnable seats for the Tories are women and most of them just ... http://reflectingbritain.org.uk/2006/02/23/third-of-tory-big-swingers-are-women/ Ming Campbell has a new video on his campaign website, in which Nicola Davies (candidate for Birmingham Hodge Hill in the 2004 by-election) and Baroness Barker interview him about the women who have influenced him in his life and about his desire to see a more representative House of Commons. ... http://reflectingbritain.org.uk/2006/02/21/ming-campbell-skills-opportunities-resources/ MP for Northavon Steve Webb lends his support: I am pleased to write in support of the campaign for a Liberal Democrat parliamentary party that more fully reflects modern Britain. I have been pleased to support previous initiatives such as mentoring women PPCs, and will be happy to do ... http://reflectingbritain.org.uk/2006/02/16/steve-webb-mp-joins-campaign/ Northern Region MEP Fiona Hall comments: I'm lucky - I'm a member of a parliamentary party which does reflect Britain. In the Liberal Democrat European Parliamentary Party, the 12-member Lib Dem European Parliamentary Party we have seven women and one person from an ethnic minority. I think that makes us a ... http://reflectingbritain.org.uk/2006/02/16/fiona-hall-mep/ Ceredigion MP Mark Williams adds his support: Participation and involvement are the key to a vibrant democracy. In eight short months in the House of Commons, it has become very clear to me how unrepresentative of women and the ethnic minorities Parliament really is. That’s why ‘Reflecting Britain’ is such an ... http://reflectingbritain.org.uk/2006/02/16/mark-williams-mp-participation-and-involvement-are-the-key-to-a-vibrant-democracy/