Archive for andrew reeves
Total Politics: top blogs and bloggers
Following its list of top Liberal Democrat blogs and bloggers, Total Politics has now also published its overall list of top blogs and bloggers – two lists in which many Liberal Democrats feature. In the top 50 of the blogs list, Lib Dem Voice is in at number 12 (up from 27 last year), Caron [...]
Total Politics: top Liberal Democrat blogs and bloggers
Out with a little less fanfare than usual this week have been various categories in the Total Politics Blogger League Tables, including the top Liberal Democrat blogs: 1 Lib Dem Voice 2 Caron’s Musings 3 Liberal England 4 Andrew Reeves’ Running Blog 5 Stephen’s Liberal Journal 6 Mark Pack =7 Liberal Vision =7 A Scottish [...]
Congratulations Caron, Jonathan and Stephen
The Total Politics Top 100 Liberal Democrat blogs table is out, with the top five being: 1 Lib Dem Voice 2 Caron’s Musings 3 Liberal England 4 Andrew Reeves’ Running Blog 5 Stephen’s Liberal Journal This blog then slips in at #6. It’s fitting to see Andrew’s contribution to Liberal Democrat blogging, both as a blogger and an [...]
A lovely send-off for Andrew Reeves
One of the welcome changes I’ve seen through my life is the way that funerals in Britain are increasingly celebrations of the best of someone’s live, mixing the mourning with the happy remembrance. And so it was today in Edinburgh for the funeral of my former colleague Andrew Reeves. But “former colleague” really doesn’t describe [...]
Andrew Reeves passes away
Many Liberal Democrats are in mourning this morning after the sudden death of a long-time colleague and friend, Andrew Reeves. He died of a heart attack last night. Andrew had a long career in the party, including working for Vince Cable in Twickenham and Lynne Featherstone in Hornsey & Wood Green and stewarding at party [...]
Meet the Lib Dem bloggers: Andrew Reeves
Welcome to the latest in our series giving the human face behind some of the blogs you can find on the Liberal Democrat Blogs aggregator. Today it is Andrew Reeves, who blogs at http://andrewrunning.blogspot.com. 1. What’s your formative political memory? In 1984 Ken Clarke gave me an award at a thank you party for delivering [...]
Mundell: no further action over expense allegations
Andrew Reeves is reporting that the police have decided not to take any further action after investigating Conservative MP David Mundell's election expenses.
So I guess Harriet Harman fell asleep during Ed Miliband's speech…
After all, how else to explain Ed Miliband in his speech on being elected Labour Party leader disparaging people who used terms such as “Red Ed” – saying “Come off it. Let’s start to have a grownup debate in this country” – and then Harriet Harman today going for her own bit of ‘red’ political [...]
Two Scottish Labour councillors charged by the police
Andrew Reeves has got details of John Holden, charged over alleged benefit fraud, and Gilbert Davidson, accused of inappropriate behaviour towards a female colleague.
Should Lembit Opik be the Liberal Democrat candidate for London Mayor?
The news that Lembit is interested in running for Mayor has produced a flurry of comment online from Liberal Democrats (such as Andrew Reeves’s piece) so over to you: what do you think?
