Twitter bio: Liberal Democrat Peer and Leader of Lib Dem group in House of Lords. Leeds United fan. #FBPE
Affiliation: Liberal Democrat
Join Date: 25 Sep 1997
Dick Newby
@RichardNewby3
Appointment of Lord True to oversee Government’s constitutional reform agenda shows they aren’t serious about Lords… https://t.co/id77VmCJo0
Dick Newby
@RichardNewby3
So “no compromise” is key to successful negotiating says David Frost our lead Brexit negotiator who is neither elec… https://t.co/lTS6ENEZ87
Dick Newby
@RichardNewby3
So let’s see, US was going to replace EU as favoured trading partner. Currently the PM and POTUS can’t even talk in… https://t.co/KaJREOcaDW
Dick Newby
@RichardNewby3
Tories threats to the BBC are vindictive and dangerous. Along with the NHS, the BBC has overwhelming support as a c… https://t.co/7pBD0MFCcX
Dick Newby
@RichardNewby3
Brexit was always going to reduce our international influence. But that’s no excuse for failing to take internation… https://t.co/PMl42or3vC
Dick Newby
@RichardNewby3
Of course PM dare not got to meet Trump. It would expose the hollowness of his boasts re a quick and beneficial tra… https://t.co/VGCCmjjDpF
Dick Newby
@RichardNewby3
Sadly predictable that Tories commitment to the North is skin deep. Can anyone imagine Minister for London represen… https://t.co/pyBuZ9UKeY
Dick Newby
@RichardNewby3
Proud to be giving 2nd Ashdown lecture 2morro aft at NW LD conference in Southport. Paddy would be horrified by cur… https://t.co/QQwRVxXFxC
Dick Newby
@RichardNewby3
So under the new dictatorship you can only stay on as Chancellor provided you hand over control of our economy to t… https://t.co/jqJU8wtQke
Dick Newby
@RichardNewby3
And it’s my birthday! https://t.co/IReyKdQWhJ
Dick Newby
@RichardNewby3
Never bank on a Johnson commitment. https://t.co/ePKOn2abN3
Dick Newby
@RichardNewby3
Where is the ‘ Boris Bounce’ we were promised? Business confidence remains fragile with growing concerns about bo… https://t.co/4hd7kgBt95
Dick Newby
@RichardNewby3
Today's cabinet reshuffle is a version of musical chairs for poor souls who now can now look forward to taking the… https://t.co/t2x0Mh8OpH
Dick Newby
@RichardNewby3
Although Tories intend to stuff HofL with new cronies & donors we @LibDems still have a strong voice & will call ou… https://t.co/VqAkYpYMUp
Dick Newby
@RichardNewby3
“ Resolution Foundation report shows that economic problems of northern “blue wall” seats deep-seated and difficult… https://t.co/8GNow1nr4D
Dick Newby
@RichardNewby3
Oldest independent think tank in UK says higher spending on infrastructure would be less than 0.5% of GDP over the… https://t.co/6f9Vse1mus
Dick Newby
@RichardNewby3
Record bankruptcies In the building and construction industry with 254 administrations, in 2019 compared with 216 i… https://t.co/cK1FbFglrA
Dick Newby
@RichardNewby3
Gove now says EU border friction an “inevitability” - the opposite of what he’s said for the last 4 years. Grim new… https://t.co/sAv1moXyP6
Dick Newby
@RichardNewby3
Govt failing to provide & maintain safe, secure and decent prisons according to a new National Audit Office report… https://t.co/IzEf8uhA7Z
Dick Newby
@RichardNewby3
Watching @jeremycorbyn & @BorisJohnson at PMQ’s is thoroughly dispiriting. Johnson’s lack of knowledge and bluster… https://t.co/Y27V2dBFHG