The huge rise in the income tax threshold has been one of the flagship policies of the Coalition.  But did you realise it was the brainchild of an ordinary Lib Dem?  Elizabeth Jewkes, researched the idea & campaigned for it to become Lib  Dem policy.  Elizabeth  is also a member of the Christian Forum and has just been elected to our Exec.

This is her story.

LDCF member Cllr. Nigel Jones gives some reflections on God, humanity and the environment.

Earlier this year, at the Prime Minister David Cameron’s Easter Reception, he referred to Britain as a ‘Christian nation.’ Here are my thoughts on the matter

When Theos published their report, Voting and Values in Britain: Does Religion Count?, it generated a lot of interest in the media. The continued - though weakened - historic links between Anglicans and Tories, Catholics and Labour, have been commented upon and analysed. But how do the Lib Dems come out of all of this? 

I was at a Lumineers gig in Alexandra Palace recently and something happened that I haven’t seen before. If you’ve been to a gig recently you will know that your main view of the band tends to be through the dozens of mobile phone screens that are being held up, filming and taking pictures, in your sightline. I go through phases of finding this quite an interesting and amusing view, but equal amounts of phases of finding it annoying.