Two ways to find out more about the Ethnic Minorities Liberal Democrats Leadership Hustings

Last week, Ethnic Minorities Liberal Democrats held a very good hustings event in London where Tim Farron and Norman Lamb were put through their paces.

You can listen to the whole thing here on Soundcloud.

You can also read Lester Holloway's report of for The Voice here.

TWO MEN hoping to become leader of the Liberal Democrats have both backed affirmative action to fast-track race equality as they made a last-ditch bid to win over black party activists.

Tim Farron and Norman Lamb, the contenders to replace Nick Clegg who resigned after his party suffered humiliating losses at the general election, both backed a race inquiry to root out racism in the party.

Their pledges follow the Morrissey inquiry into the treatment of women members following the Lord Chris Rennard scandal when he was accused of sexually harassing several female activists.

Lamb and Farron backed what they called 'Morrissey 2' looking into race equality and moves are already underway to pick an expert to chair the inquiry.

Speaking to a leadership hustings organised by the Ethnic Minority Liberal Democrats group in Elephant and Castle last Tuesday, the pair also promised to introduce "positive action and positive discrimination" for candidates in the 2020 election.

Farron had already pledged that if he was leader he would introduce a quota to ensure ten per cent of all candidates in safe or winnable were from an ethnic minority, and half were women.

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