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On Wednesday 9th October Lord Alderdice spoke in a House of Lords debate on the UK Strategic Defence Review instituted…

Speaking on Thursday 25th July 2024 in the House of Lords during the Foreign Affairs and Defence day of the…

CRIC 2024, our annual conference, will be held from 23rd – 25th September 2024 in Harris Manchester College, University of…

I am delighted to have been elected an Honorary Fellow of Pembroke College at the University of Oxford, especially in…

Addressing the Liberal Democrat Friends of Palestine at a meeting last night at the Spring Conference of the Party in…

My Lords, how should one wind up a debate of such passion and complexity? Jesus summed up the whole of…

Lord Alderdice spoke in the House of Lords debate on the Israel/Gaza Conflict on 24 October 2023. Here is the script of that speech –

My Lords, I start by declaring my interests in the register, particularly as Executive Chairman and Director of The Changing Character of War Centre at Pembroke College, Oxford.

This year’s Annual Conference of the Centre for the Resolution of Intractable Conflict (CRIC), like most such events in 2020, had to be held on-line.

How does one adequately recognize the life of such a remarkable man as Pope Saint John Paul II, and address, in just a few minutes, his contribution to our world? Let me refer to three areas that are of particular, personal interest to me – science, politics and faith.

It will be an absolutely stunning result! As I write there is much counting still to be done but the result is clear – Alliance Leader, Naomi Long will be one of the three Northern Ireland MEPs.