A former police officer, dance teacher, and state politician will be the latest additions to the Liberal Democrats bid for the Australian Senate. Current Victorian state MP David Limbrick, along with recently resigned police officer Krystle Mitchell, and ballet schoolteacher, Caroline White, will be running on the Liberal Democrat’s Victorian Senate ticket at the next…

The UK’s opposition Liberal Democrats stand in “clear and principled” opposition to COVID-19 vaccine passports because they are “unworkable, expensive, and illiberal,” the party’s leader said on Saturday. Though the UK’s Conservative government has dropped its plan to adopt vaccine passports for nightclubs and crowded events in England, the local administrations in Scotland and Wales…

Former Prime Minister Tony Abbott has warned frustrated conservative voters not to give up on the Coalition (Liberals or Nationals) for newer right-leaning parties, saying it would simply fracture the centre-right vote and hand government to the Labor and Greens parties. Abbott also said Australia’s preferential voting system made it difficult for a dark horse…

Minor parties are upset over proposed electoral changes that could restrict the involvement of small or fringe political parties in upcoming federal elections. Last week, Ben Morton, the assistant minister for electoral matters, introduced four Bills to Parliament aimed at reforming the electoral process. One of the new Bills would see the requirement for membership…

Former Liberal Party MP, and ex-Sky News commentator, Ross Cameron has joined the Liberal Democrat Party, citing disappointment with the governing Coalition and its support of using lockdowns to tackle the CCP virus in Australia. His announcement follows the decisions of fellow Liberal Party members John Ruddick and Campbell Newman to quit the party. Cameron,…

LONDON—In a surprising result, British Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s Conservative Party has been easily defeated in a special election for a seat that it has held for decades. The Liberal Democrats, which was in a coalition government with the Conservatives between 2010 and 2015 before seeing its electoral fortunes wane dramatically, won Thursday’s election in…

British politicians have condemned the Hong Kong authorities’ sentencing of nine prominent pro-democracy activists on Friday for taking part in peaceful protests. Hong Kong media tycoon Jimmy Lai was sentenced to 14 months in prison, while nine other activists received jail time or suspended sentences for organising and participating in unauthorized assemblies during mass anti-Beijing,…

Britain has condemned the Hong Kong authorities’ sentencing of nine prominent pro-democracy activists on Friday for taking part in peaceful protests. Hong Kong media tycoon Jimmy Lai was sentenced to 14 months in prison, while nine other activists received jail time or suspended sentences for organising and participating in unauthorized assemblies during mass anti-Beijing, pro-democracy…

Dozens of British parliamentarians from across the political spectrum have joined hands in opposition to the possible introduction of COVID-19 status certificates in England. “We oppose the divisive and discriminatory use of COVID status certification to deny individuals access to general services, businesses or jobs,” the lawmakers from Labour, the Liberal Democrats, and Conservative parties…

Requiring vaccine passports for social activities would be against the “British instinct,” the leader of the UK’s main opposition Labour party has said. In an interview with The Telegraph published on Thursday, Sir Keir Starmer said vaccine passports is an “extremely difficult” issue and there is no “clear black and white, yes-no easy answer” on…