Lesterjholloway

LATEST ARTICLES ( 277 )

• Labour’s Failure on Immigration

  

  Labour has a long and miserable record pandering to anti-immigration sentiment, both in government and opposition, from Neil Kinnock's failure to challenge... Read more

  Posted on 12 October 2014 DEBATE, SOCIETY

• Does Clegg Have the Political Will to Follow Cable’s Example on Race Equality?

  

  Thank goodness for Vince Cable. As well as delivering a speech yesterday rooted in progressive Liberal values, and rejecting the Tories’ squeeze of the poor to... Read more

  Posted on 07 October 2014 DEBATE, SOCIETY

• Does Clegg Have the Political Will to Follow Cable’s Example on Race Equality?

  

  Thank goodness for Vince Cable. As well as delivering a speech yesterday rooted in progressive Liberal values, and rejecting the Tories' squeeze of the poor to... Read more

  Posted on 07 October 2014 DEBATE, SOCIETY

• The Power to Change Politics Regardless of Electoral Reform

  

  I took part in a fringe meeting at Liberal Democrat federal conference this afternoon alongside the Communities minister Stephen Williams MP and Nick Tyrone fro... Read more

  Posted on 05 October 2014 DEBATE, SOCIETY

• The Power to Change Politics Regardless of Electoral Reform

  

  I took part in a fringe meeting at Liberal Democrat federal conference this afternoon alongside the Communities minister Stephen Williams MP and Nick Tyrone fro... Read more

  Posted on 05 October 2014 DEBATE, SOCIETY

• Race Equality Survey of Lib Dem President Candidates

  

  The following survey on race equality and the Lib Dems was conducted on SurveyMonkey by myself. It is my own survey, not done in conjunction with... Read more

  Posted on 16 September 2014 DEBATE, SOCIETY

• Race Equality Survey of Lib Dem President Candidates

  

  The following survey on race equality and the Lib Dems was conducted on SurveyMonkey by myself. It is my own survey, not done in conjunction with EMLD. Read more

  Posted on 16 September 2014 DEBATE, SOCIETY

• More Crystal Balls

  

  So,how did I get on with last season's football predictions? Not too bad if the truth be told. I correctly predicted Man City (my team) would win the Prem, and... Read more

  Posted on 24 August 2014 DEBATE, SOCIETY

• More Crystal Balls

  

  So,how did I get on with last season’s football predictions? Not too bad if the truth be told. I correctly predicted Man City (my team) would win the Prem, and... Read more

  Posted on 24 August 2014 DEBATE, SOCIETY

• Clegg Needs to Reach the Whipped Bottom in Glasgow

  

  Spare a thought for Lib Dems preparing to gather in Glasgow in under a fortnight. It’s the last conference season before the 2015 general election and the last... Read more

  Posted on 23 August 2014 DEBATE, SOCIETY

• Heartless Benefit Cuts Driven by the Media

  

  The Independent has published “the 11 most senseless benefit sanction decisions known to man” and the list of heartless decisions to axe claimants’ benefits is... Read more

  Posted on 18 August 2014 DEBATE, SOCIETY

• Heartless Benefit Cuts Driven by the Media

  

  The Independent has published "the 11 most senseless benefit sanction decisions known to man" and the list of heartless decisions to axe claimants' benefits is... Read more

  Posted on 18 August 2014 DEBATE, SOCIETY

• Time to Rewrite the Rennard Rulebook

  

  Nick Clegg’s survival strategy appears to rest on saving as many of the 57 seats as possible. How many MPs the Lib Dems need have at next year’s general electio... Read more

  Posted on 17 August 2014 DEBATE, SOCIETY

• Love

  

  Haven’t started a blog before not knowing what to say! That’s because I write about issues, not myself, stories not feelings. And even as I type it still doesn’... Read more

  Posted on 11 May 2014 DEBATE, SOCIETY

• Just Days Left to Change the Immigration Bill

  

  The Immigration Bill is now nearing the end of its' swift journey through parliament and will become law before the European elections in May, just months... Read more

  Posted on 15 March 2014 DEBATE, SOCIETY

• Just Days Left to Change the Immigration Bill

  

  The Immigration Bill is now nearing the end of its’ swift journey through parliament and will become law before the European elections in May, just months... Read more

  Posted on 15 March 2014 DEBATE, SOCIETY

• My Resignation from the Party’s London Region Executive

  

  Today I have resigned from the London Regional Executive of the Liberal Democrats over the behaviour of one of its’ leading activists, Pete Dollimore. Read more

  Posted on 18 February 2014 DEBATE, SOCIETY

• Lobbying Bill is an Attack on Democracy

  

  I was privileged to be part of a Voice 4 Change England panel discussing the Lobbying and Immigration Bills along with Conservative former Boris Johnson... Read more

  Posted on 22 November 2013 DEBATE, SOCIETY

• Tackling Fuel Poverty in Sutton

  

  I am part of a cross-committee taskforce in Sutton looking at fuel poverty. Fuel poverty has been rising dramatically in recent years, continuing an upward tren... Read more

  Posted on 14 November 2013 DEBATE, SOCIETY

• Tackling Fuel Poverty in Sutton

  

  I am part of a cross-committee taskforce in Sutton looking at fuel poverty. Fuel poverty has been rising dramatically in recent years, continuing an upward tren... Read more

  Posted on 14 November 2013 DEBATE, SOCIETY