Responsible capitalism? How should business work in the future?

A fringe meeting at the recent Liberal Democrats conference in Bournemouth set out a number of ideas.

Our planet is in crisis, balanced on a knife-edge at the point of no return. Due to man-made climate change, global temperatures are soaring, the polar ice caps are melting faster than ever before, and whole nations are already facing the existential crisis of rising sea levels and extreme weather. Whole species of animals are being wiped out month by month, and global famine is a very real threat. At our recent conference in Bournemouth, our Party committed to working with our European partners to combat the effects of climate change.

Still time to join us in Bournemouth for the Liberal Democrat Conference

Boris Johnson knows that two-thirds of MPs and two-thirds of the public do not want to see Britain crash out of the EU without a deal.

He knows a no-deal Brexit would cause shortages of food and medicine. He knows no one voted for this kind of self-inflicted disaster.

Dr Tudi Kernalegenn at the Université Catholique de Louvain has asked us whether we would like to take part in his research into the links emigrants keep with their home countries. He writes

Dr. Sue Collard of the University of Sussex has just published an article on the politics of overseas voting in the UK

Richard Lewartowski was a stalwart of the original Brussels and Luxembourg Liberal Party. He died from a stroke in August 2018 

British business is unprepared for Brexit, according to figures obtained by Treasury and Business Spokesperson, Chuka Umunna. His research has shown that only 66,000 companies had obtained a so-called Economic Operator Registration and Identification (EORI) Number which will allow the companies to comply with customs rules for exporting into the European Union.

Our new Party Leader Jo Swinson used her first question to Prime Minister Boris Johnson so urging him to support the Liberal Democrats Bill on the rights of EU citizens living in the UK. The Party are also supporting the rights of UK citizens who are living in the EU and our recent survey has highlighted a number of issues.

First plenary session of the European Parliament. We are still saying „Bollocks to Brexit“