LI SCOTLAND ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING
Our AGM will be held on Tuesday 11th November 2025
Our guest speaker will be Calum Miller MP, Liberal Democrats Foreign Affairs Spokesperson.
The zoom link and full agenda will be sent out nearer the time.
Please consider standing for the LI Scotland Committee and help us plan our events for 2026.
UKRAINE: THE ROAD TO PEACE
Join us to discuss the current situation in Ukraine and what might the future look like. Pre-Conference event in Glasgow
Friday 17 October 2025
19.00 - 21.30
Activity Space, Kelvin Hall,
(1445 Argyle Street, Glasgow G3 8AW)
Speakers:
Alex Cole-Hamilton MSP, Leader of the Scottish Liberal Democrats
Professor Peter Jackson, Chair of Global Security, University of Glasgow
Dr Larysa Zhdanika, Visiting Fellow, School of Law, University of Glasgow
Ielizaveta Rekhtman, PhD Student and Lecturer in Politics and International Relations, University of Glasgow
This is a free event, but please book your place using this eventbrite link:
https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1646683557849?aff=oddtdtcreator
For more information, please contact Douglas MacDonald (dug.armadale@gmail.com).
The March to the Right in European Politics
Following the success of last year's event, Liberal International Scotland are delighted to invite you to a panel discussion
on Saturday 6th September 2025
at the Royal Scots Club
Abercrombie Place
Edinburgh
from 11.30 to 14.00
We have lined up an excellent panel:
- Lord Jeremy Purvis of Tweed - newly elected Leader of the Liberal Democrats in the House of Lords
- Gillian Gloyer - Secretary of LI Scotland and an with a strong knowledge of Europe
- Jules Maaten - former MEP Head of EU regional office at Friedrich Naumann Foundation for Freedom.
Tickets cost just £25, which includes tea or coffee on arrival at 11.30 and a light lunch served from 13.15.
Numbers are strictly limited.
To reserve you place, please send £25.00 to:
Liberal International British Group Scottish Committee with Virgin Money:
Sort Code 82-68-17, Account No.30046032.
Please add the reference ‘06Sep25 [your surname]’.
Or email: wwilson1947@icloud.com
LI Scotland Summer Garden Party
Join us to mark the World Refugee Day on Saturday 21st June 2025
Time: 1300-1500
Address: 53 Hepburn Gardens, St Andrews
Guest Speakers:
Wendy Chamberlain MP
Alison Jardine, CEO Fife International Forum
Katya and Ruslan, Refugees from Ukraine.
Tickets are strictly limited.
Please send £20.00 per head to the account of
Liberal International British Group Scottish Committee with Virgin Money:
Sort Code 82-68-17, Account No.30046032.
Please add the reference ‘22Jun25 [your surname]’.
Liberal International Scotland branch was re-launched at the Scottish Liberal Democrat Spring Conference in May 2024 at Hamilton Town House, Glasgow. Our fringe meeting with Lord Jeremy Purvis (right), Liberal Democrat spokesperson for Commonwealth and Foreign Affairs as well as international development, turned out to be very popular with the conference participants, who wanted to hear all about his recent work around the world. Irina von Wiese, Chair of Liberal International British Group (left) and Sir Graham Watson, Convener of the LI Scotland group (in the middle) moderated the panel discussion.
What future for Internationalism in a troubled world?
Saturday 31st August 11.45 - 14.00
Royal Scots Club 29 Abercromby Place Edinburgh
Liberal International Scotland are holding a top level discussion lunchtime reception in Edinburgh on Saturday 31 August 2024. Lord David Steel and Lord Jeremy Purvis will be joined by Christine Jardine MP. They have agreed to lead the discussion on the subject of What future for Internationalism in a troubled World?
Please see the Forthcoming Events page for further details.
LI SCOTLAND AGM MONDAY 18th NOVEMBER 2024
Join us to listen our guest speaker, Hon David Zimmer, who will talk about "Implications of the US election" starting at 7 PM.
An expert on American politics, the Hon David Zimmer was a Liberal Member of Canada's Ontario Legislature from 2003 to 2018 and Minister for Indigenous Affairs and Reconciliation from 2013 - 18.
David is currently the Chairperson of the Liberal International's Climate Justice Committee.
David's presentation, to be followed by a Q&A, will start at 7.00 pm and is open to anyone. It will be followed by the AGM, for Members only, at about 7.45 pm.
Please contact Iain Smith for the Zoom link on iainsmith675@btinternet.com