http://www.libg.co.uk/newsarchive.php Recent News Stories from Liberal International British Group en-GB Liberal International British Group http://www.libg.co.uk/ Prater Raines Ltd http://www.praterraines.co.uk/ (c) 2010 Liberal International British Group 2010-09-06T07:54+01:00 United Kingdom http://www.libg.co.uk/news/000019/successful_libg_garden_party.html Two MEPs and a Mexican Diplomat graced us with their presence on the lovely June day of the LI(GB) Garden Party, Wendy Kyrle-Pope writes. This year it was held in the gardens of Coleherne Court, kindly and expertly hosted by Barbara and Robert Woodthorpe-Browne. 2010-09-04T17:18+01:00 http://www.libg.co.uk/news/000018/libg_opposes_trident_likeforlike_replacement.html Following a powerful speech from its newly elected President, Liberal Democrat deputy leader Simon Hughes, the 2010 annual general meeting of the British Group of the Liberal International unanimously called on the government to rule out the like-for-like replacement of the Trident nuclear weapons system. 2010-09-04T00:00+01:00 http://www.libg.co.uk/news/000017/how_overseas_liberals_saw_the_uk_general_election.html The recent Lib Dem campaign successes, and the way 'Cleggmania' hit the UK after the first party leaders' television debate, was not lost on the foreign press nor on our sister parties in Europe and the Commonwealth. 2010-07-10T13:59+01:00 http://www.libg.co.uk/news/000016/berlin_li_executive_meeting_report.html by Robert Woodthorpe-Browne 2010-07-10T13:55+01:00 http://www.libg.co.uk/news/000004/welcome_from_julie_smith_chair_libg.html "LIBG brings together liberals (both members of the Liberal Democrats and those with no formal party affiliation) with an interest in international politics. It acts as a forum for discussions on issues of international importance in the UK and is affiliated to the global Liberal International, which unites liberal parties and groups like LIBG from around the world. 2009-11-22T22:10+00:00 http://www.libg.co.uk/news/000003/report_of_liberal_international_congress_cairo_october_2009_by_robert_woodthorpe_browne.html Some 300 liberals from around the globe met in Cairo from 29-31 October for the latest congress and executive meeting. The event is held every 18 months. 2009-11-10T21:02+00:00 http://www.libg.co.uk/news/000002/libg_climate_change_forum_report.html There can be a perception that developing countries undergoing rapid industrialisation are not greatly interested in action against climate change, seeing it as something that threatens their drive to prosperity. 2009-11-10T20:24+00:00