This is an article Liz wrote for The Independent During the last financial crisis, all opportunities seemed to vanish overnight. And without a safety net things can look very bleak indeed. Every time more job losses are announced during this crisis I think of all the people behind the headlines, the lives affected, and the…
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DEBATE: Should business rates be scrapped and replaced with a land tax, as the Lib Dems suggest?
Should business rates be scrapped and replaced with a land tax, as the Lib Dems suggest? Liz Jarvis, writer, editor, and Liberal Democrat parliamentary candidate for Southampton Itchen, says YES. Nearly a million businesses in the UK have closed in the past three years. Businesses, especially small firms unable to bear the brunt of Brexit…
DEBATE: Is it worrying that the report on Russian interference has not yet been published?
Should we be concerned that the government’s report into Russian interference has not yet been released? Liz Jarvis, a writer and a Liberal Democrat parliamentary candidate in Southampton Itchen, says YES. In just over four weeks, voters will go to the polls without knowing whether or not they can trust the Conservatives on the issue…
The Conservatives are not the party of law and order
From City AM Liz Jarvis, a writer and a Liberal Democrat parliamentary candidate, says NO. How ludicrous for the Conservatives to pretend to be the party of law and order. Not only did the Supreme Court find Boris Johnson’s suspension of parliament unlawful, but this is the party that cut thousands of police. Since 2015,…
Was the collapse of Thomas Cook inevitable?
Liz Jarvis, a writer, editor and a Liberal Democrat parliamentary candidate, says NO. I was recently talking to a travel agent who told me that her bookings are considerably down for this time of year. She blamed it solely on Brexit, as her regular customers are jittery not only because of exchange rate changes and…
Why I stopped supporting Labour and joined the Lib Dems
This is an article Liz wrote for The Independent Political commentators are cautious about calling it a Lib Dem fightback but there has been a steady drumbeat from disgruntled Labour supporters looking to the Lib Dems over the past fortnight. A Lexit, you might call it, but not quite the one Jeremy Corbyn envisaged. Perhaps he should have…
Liz for Eastleigh 