We have seen the Conservative Government fail over and over again. Indifference and inaction in Westminster has caused the deaths of over 150,000 people from Covid, and counting.

Even senior members of the Government did not follow the lockdown and social distancing rules. It is clear they see it as one rule for them, and another for the rest of us.

It was fantastic to talk with Ed today. He gave answers to our member's concerns on Liberal Democrat policy

The full Q and A will be posted soon but below are some of our highlights.

Resolving the Healthcare Sector Crisis

Ed pointed out that the most important thing we can do for our healthcare system is to resolve the vacancies issue.

As Liberal Democrats, we believe in an equal, open, green society in which everybody has the chance to succeed. Whether giving power to local governments to lead the communities that they know best or fighting for a Britain that steps up to its international obligations, we want the UK to represent the people who live here - not just a small group of Westminster politicians and elites.

Our current constitution allows for too much of the power and decision making to take place in Westminster and Whitehall. This excludes entire regions of the UK especially in England from being able to make a contribution to decisions that affect them.

Communities feel unable to control what happens in their local areas. This leads to a dangerous feeling of powerlessness and alienation.

Healthcare data matters. But so too does privacy. The collection and sharing of population health data is vital in advancing medical treatments and improving our nation's health. However, the public has a right to know exactly how their data is collected, stored, and shared.

The Government has quite happily been collecting our healthcare data without paying much attention to privacy. It's time that changed.

Soaring temperatures worldwide, flash flooding in central London and increasing numbers of wildfires. These are just a few ecological disasters we are seeing as a result of climate change. It is painfully obvious we must act.

We need to be ambitious. It is only by working with every single nation across the globe that we can hope to take on this challenge.

More than 800 years ago, St Albans Abbey hosted some of the very first meetings that led to the drafting of Magna Carta - the "great charter of liberties".

That started a proud tradition here in our wonderful city - a proud tradition of fighting for greater democracy, liberties and freedoms.

And in the last few years, there have been many such fights.

The sickening treatmeant of the Uyghur people by the Chinese Government is genocide.

And we cannot stand idly by while these gross violations of human rights are perpetrated.

The Uyghur population are being rounded up and forced into internment camps.

Half a million children have been taken away indefinitely from their parents.