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Written by Martin Turner
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Tuesday, 26 February 2008 |
During the leadership campaign, Chair of LDCF Martin Turner wrote to both candidates and their responses were posted on our website. For those of you who did not get a chance to see it, Nick’s reply is printed below.
1. What do you see as the role of the Christian Forum within the Party?
The role of the CF is to provide both ahome and a voice for Christians in the Party. I expect the LDCF to be bold in its assessment of politics from a Christian perspective and in its exhortations to the Leadership to sharpen up or change policies.
2. How would you encourage the participation of faith-based groups in the Liberal Democrat Party?
The danger is that politicians who do not belong to a faith group can either be antagonistic towards thosewho do or else patronising and ill-informed. My job is to take Christians and all others in the Liberal Democrats who have a professed faith, extremely seriously. I see LDCF and other faith groups as sources of inspiration and rigorous critique as we develop our policies. Christians in the Liberal Democrats - along with all other faith and avowedly non-faith groups - willhave a secure home and under my Leadership.
About Nick
Nick Clegg was born in 1967 and studied at three universities: Cambridge, Minnesota and College D’Europe.Nick was elected as a member of the European Parliament in 1999. He stood down in 2004 and was elected as MP for Sheffield Hallam in 2005 with a majority of 8,682. Charles Kennedy appointed him as Europe spokesman. When Campbell won the 2006 leadership election, he appointed Nick as Shadow Home Secretary. In December 2007 he beat Chris Huhne to be elected to the leadership of the Lib Dems. Nick ismarried to Miriam Gonzalez Durantez and has two young children. |
